 Edward Takeo Terada is primarily known as Takeo Edward Terada
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter, muralist.
Born in Japan on April 27, 1908.
Terada immigrated to California in 1922. After graduating from Chico High School, he studied briefly at UC Berkeley. He then studied with Otis Oldfield at the CSFA until 1932. In 1934 he was one of 26 artists selected to paint frescoes in Coit Tower. He returned to Japan in 1935 and settled in Tokyo. Terada continued painting, teaching, writing, and was a leading force in the Japanese art world. In 1984 one of his paintings won the Emperor's Award. He died in Tokyo in 1993.
Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1928 (1st prize); SFAA, 1929; Oakland Art Gallery, 1932-34; SFMA, 1935. WWAA 1936-41. | | 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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