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| | Born in Arizona on Feb. 22, 1917. Kobashigawa moved to Okinawa with his family as a young boy. At 16 he returned to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles. While working as a gardener, he studied at the Otis Art Institute. At the outbreak of WWII he was interned at Manzanar and Tule Lake. While in the camps, he painted prolifically. After his release in 1946, he settled in NYC where he continued his art studies at the ASL. He died there on April 14, 2001. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Los Angeles Times, 4-23-2001 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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