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Watercolor image of mountain scene with a cloudless blue sky, trees and boulders in the foreground, and the artist’s stamp in the bottom left-hand corner.

Chiura Obata's American Landscape Art

The Chiura Obata Papers were the source for an assignment created in the Archives of American Art's Teaching with Primary Sources workshop

Photograph of Toshiko Takaezu posing with work (detail), September 2004. Toshiko Takaezu papers, 1937-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

New Collections: Toshiko Takaezu Papers

Photograph of Chiura Obata teaching a children's art class at Tanforan Art School, 1942 / unidentified photographer. Chiura Obata papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Chiura Obata Papers

Photograph of Chiura Obata teaching a children's art class at Tanforan Art School, 1942 / unidentified photographer. Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000, 1942-1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

One Spot of Normalcy: Chiura Obata’s Art Schools

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