Sakari Suzuki (10 October 1899 – January 1995) was an American artist born in Japan.

Biography

Suzuki was born in Iwate,

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. He moved to San Francisco in 1918 to join his father. Sukuzi attended

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there in 1924. From 1932 until 1936 he exhibited in New York.Sakari Suzuki
Ask Art, accessed December 2011 In 1936 he worked for the

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creating murals at the Willard Parker Hospital, which is now demolished. Suzuki moved to

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in about 1951 and died in January 1995.

References

1899 births 1995 deaths People from Iwate Prefecture Japanese emigrants to the United States American artists of Japanese descent Federal Art Project artists 20th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-stub