Chiura Obata: An American Modern

Chiura Obata at His Exhibition of Paintings by Rokuichi and Chiura Obata at the California Palace of Legion of Honor, 1931, courtesy of the Obata Family.

An American Modern has a lot of firsts. It’s the first touring exhibition of Chiura Obata’s work that includes work from all decades of his working life. It’s also the first time his works have been presented as a collective retrospective in Japan, since they’ve only shown in fragments before and not always translated. … read more