Biografie von Taro YAMAMOTO (1919-1994)

Birth place: Hollywood, CA

Addresses: Brooklyn 1, NY/Provincetown (1951-on)

Profession: Painter

Studied: Santa Monica City College; ASL with Kuniyoshi, Kantor, Browne, Vytlacil, 1950-51; Hans Hoffman Sch. FA, NYC, 1951-53

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1951; Provincetown AA, 1952, 1954-58; Contemp. Art Gal., NY, 1953; Sun Gal., Gal. 256, and Little Gal., all Provincetown, 1955-57; ASL, 1955 (solo); Galerie 8, Paris, 1953 (solo); ACA Gal., NYC, 1953 (solo); Provincetown Art Gal., 1958. Scholarships & fellowships: Hans Hofmann Sch. FA, 1951; ASL, 1952 (John Sloan Mem. fellow); McDowell traveling fellow, 1953; McDowell Colony, 1954, 1956-57.

Member: Beachcombers Club; Provincetown AA

Work: Methodist Church, Los Angeles; Walter Chrysler Coll. (60 paintings).

Comments: Abstract painter.

Sources: WW59; Crotty, 143; Provincetown Painters, 255