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Kenjiro Nomura

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Kenjiro Nomuraborn Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, 1896; died Seattle, Washington, 1956

Kenjiro Nomura immigrated to the United States in 1907 and became a well-respected and prolific Northwest artist. His solo exhibition was one of the first shows at the Seattle Art Museum when it opened in 1933, and he also exhibited work at such prestigious venues as the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He worked briefly for the federal government’s Public Works of Art Project in 1933-34. During World War II he was imprisoned with other Japanese-Americans at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho. He continued to paint using whatever materials he could scavenge to create images of life in the camps. After the war he returned to Seattle and resumed his professional career. His work was the subject of a nationally touring exhibition in the 1990s and has been exhibited at other regional venues including the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boise Art Museum, and Tacoma Art Museum. His paintings can be found in regional collections as well as the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

[source: artist’s family, TAM library]

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Artist made sketchbook
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1942-1945
Barber Shop
Kenjiro Nomura
1942
Barracks
Kenjiro Nomura
1942
Barracks after Rain
Kenjiro Nomura
1942
Barracks and Water Tower
Kenjiro Nomura
1943
Barrack Window
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1942-1945
Bound Sketchbook
Kenjiro Nomura
1942-circa 1945
Building Stone Gate
Kenjiro Nomura
1943
Camp Harmony
Kenjiro Nomura
1942
Canal
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1942-1945
Canteen
Kenjiro Nomura
1942
From Barrack Window
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1943-1945
Guard Tower
Kenjiro Nomura
1943
Guard Tower in Snow
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1942-1945
Gymnasium
Kenjiro Nomura
1945
Gymnasium & Water Tower
Kenjiro Nomura
1945
K - P
Kenjiro Nomura
1942
Laundry Room & Coal Pile
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1942-1945
Lumberyard
Kenjiro Nomura
circa 1942-1945
Main Gate
Kenjiro Nomura
1942