Sueko Matsueda Kimura (June 10, 1912 – December 25, 2001) was an American artist. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii in 1912. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the

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, where she met fellow art student

Keichi Kimura Keichi Kimura (1914–1988) was a painter and illustrator who was born in Waiʻanae, Hawaiʻi in 1914. He received his first art instruction from teacher Shirley Russell while attending President William McKinley High School in Honolulu. In 1 ...

, whom she married in 1942. She also attended the

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(Los Angeles),

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(New York City), the

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(New York City), and with

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at the

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. She taught at the

from 1952 until her retirement as Professor of Art in 1977. The

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and the

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hold work by Sueko Matsueda Kimura.Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, ''Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West'', Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017, , p. 105

References

* Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, "Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors", University of Hawaii Press, 1974, 74-80. * Morse, Morse (ed.), ''Honolulu Printmakers'', Honolulu, HI, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2003, p. 43, * Morse, Marcia, "Inner World, Outer World: The Art of Keichi and Sueko Kimura", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001. * Morse, Marcia, ''Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism'', Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001, , pp. 53–58 * Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, ''A Tradition of Excellence'', University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, 2002, pp. 64–67 * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997'',

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, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 30.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Sueko Matsueda 1912 births 2001 deaths Painters from Hawaii American artists of Japanese descent Art Students League of New York alumni Artists from Honolulu 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters University of Hawaiʻi faculty American women academics