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Benji Okubo (October 27, 1904 – April 15, 1975) was an American-Japanese painter, teacher, and landscape designer. He and his family were held in internment camps during World War II.
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| Born | October 27, 1904 Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 1975 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Known for | Painting, landscape design |
| Spouse(s) | Chisato Takashima Okubo |
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| Relatives | Miné Okubo (sister) |
He was the eldest of the seven children of Tometsugu "Frank" Okubo and Miejoko Kato. Artist Miné Okubo was his sister.[1]
He studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, 1927-1929, where he was awarded prizes.[1] He studied under Stanton Macdonald-Wright at the Art Students League of Los Angeles, and later collaborated with him.[1] Okubo's work was part of group exhibitions at the San Francisco Art Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[1]
Okubo served as director of the Art Students League from 1940 to mid-1942,[2] when he was interned at the Pomona Assembly Center outside Los Angeles.[1][3] Later in the year, he was transferred to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming.[4] He and fellow artist Hideo Date initiated evening and Saturday art classes at the internment camp.[4] Date soon withdrew from teaching,[4] but Okubo taught until his release in September 1945.[4] Estelle Peck Ishigo was one of his students.[4] Chisato Takashima was another student, and they married in Billings, Montana on June 12, 1945.[5]
Okubo returned to his landscape design business after his internment.[1] He and his wife had a daughter, Mi-Ya Okubo.
Following his death, widow Chisato Takashima Okubo donated his paintings to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.[5]
Selected works
- Vision of the Blue Lily (Self-Portrait) (c.1930s), private collection
- Untitled (Green-Faced Woman (c.1930s), Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles[6]
- Woman with Cat (c.1942-1945), Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles[7]
- Untitled (Dungeon: Well of Sorrow) (c.1942-1945), Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles[8]
- Untitled (Impaled Soldier) (c.1942-1945), Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles[9]
- Untitled (Hand of God) (c.1942-1945), Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles[10]
- Atom Bomb (1945), Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles[11]
References
- Okubo, Benji Archived 2019-08-02 at the Wayback Machine at Japanese American National Museum.
- Will South, "The Art Student League of Los Angeles: A Brief History," in Julia Armstrong-Totten, et al., A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906–1953, Pasadena Museum of California Art. 2008, pp. 1-12.
- Pomona (detention facility) at Densho Encyclopedia.
- Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, "The Art Student League of Los Angeles: A Japanese American Connection," in Julia Armstrong-Totten, et al., A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906–1953, Pasadena Museum of California Art. 2008, pp. 14-31.
- Phil Kovinick, "The Art Student League of Los Angeles: Selected Artist Biographies," in Julia Armstrong-Totten, et al., A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906–1953, Pasadena Museum of California Art. 2008, p. 117.
- Green-Faced Woman from Japanese American National Museum.
- Woman with Cat from Japanese American National Museum.
- Dungeon: Well of Sorrow from Japanese American National Museum.
- Impaled Soldier from Japanese American National Museum.
- Hand of God from Japanese American National Museum.
- Atom Bomb from Japanese American National Museum.
External links
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- Benji Okubo at Find a Grave
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