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Takao Tanabe has explored watercolour, acrylic, and oil painting, as well as a range of other mediums, to produce an oeuvre that spans painting, drawing.
Growing up in a Japanese Canadian family, in the tiny hamlet of Seal..
Takao Tanabe
Canadian artist (born 1926)
Takao Tanabe | |
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| Born | Takao Izumi (1926-09-16) 16 September 1926 (age 98) Seal Cove, British Columbia, Canada |
| Education | Winnipeg School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba (1946–1949), studying with Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, and Joseph Plaskett; Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York City, New York with Hans Hofmann (1951) and Reuben Tam (1951-1952); Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, UK (1953–1954); studied Sumi-e and calligraphy at Tokyo University in Japan |
| Spouse | Anona Thorne |
| Awards | Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts; Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, |
| Elected | Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
Takao Tanabe, CM OBC RCA (born 16 September 1926) is a Canadian artist who painted abstractly for decades, but over time, his paintings became nature-based.
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Born Takao Izumi in Seal Cove, today part