John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Reno, Nevada
The Lilley Museum of Art is located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu (Japanese, 1898-1991)
Shiro Kasamatsu was born January 11, 1898, in Tokyo. At the age of 13 he entered the painting school of Kaburagi Kiyokata - a master in traditional Japanese painting and printmaking. Kasamatsu was very talented, and beginning at a young age, his paintings were shown in various exhibitions.
When the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo saw one of Kasamatsu's paintings, he was impressed and convinced the young artist to make designs for woodblock prints. This was the beginning of a long and fruitful cooperation which started in 1919.
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