Catalogue of touring exhibition of works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth. 'Yasuo Kuniyoshi emerged as a painter during the early 1920s, one of the most fertile moments in the history of American art. Beginning in 1913 with the revolutionary Armory Show, America was swept up in the tide of European modernism. By the next decade, American artists had begun to define a unique vision - one that merged French Cubism and other vanguard art movement with stylistic devices and themes inspired by their own cultural experience. For Kuniyoshi, this vision was enhanced by his Japanese traditions, he developed a highly individual style that could not be identified with any contemporaneous movement. From the onset of his career, Kuniyoshi stood apart from prevailing trends, motivated by his own imagination rather than by aesthetic or social polemics. Personal symbolism always dominated Kuniyoshi's oeuvre - from the fantasy landscapes he produced during th 1920s to the more naturalistic form of expression he adopted during the 1930s. For Kuniyoshi, the spiritual connection between artist and subject was paramount, and the psychic impact of his imagery was perhaps his greatest strength.' - excerpt from essay by Susan Lubowsky.

The present catlogue includes bibliography and chronology of the artist.