Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Riverside, CA on Oct. 27, 1904. Benji was the brother of artist Miné Okubo. While living in Los Angeles in the 1920s, he studied at the Otis Art Institute in the 1920s. He died in Los Angeles on April 15, 1975. Exh: Mission Inn (Riverside), 1933; See Gallery (LA), 1933; So. Calif. Artists, San Diego FA Gallery, 1934; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1935; Oriental Artists of LA, 1936; Foundation of Western Art, 1937. | Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure). | | 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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