Physical Description
- Medium
- oil
- Support
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 122 cm 117.3 cm (Object)
- Object Description
While Takao Tanabe is now best known for his quiet, misty landscapes dominated by wide horizons, he began his career as an abstract painter, moving through abstract expressionism to hard-edge geometry and in so doing, made a significant contribution to the evolution of modern art in British Columbia. Tanabe painted Link while he was an instructor at the Vancouver School of Art (1961-1968), and the work shows his recent experimentation with Sumi-e brushwork while studying ink painting and calligraphy in Japan (1959-1961). This work was originally exhibited in one of his solo exhibitions (likely April-May 1964) at Alvin Balkind and Abraham Rogatnick’s New Design Gallery, the first contemporary art gallery in Vancouver.
History
- Collection
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Permanent Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist, 2012
- Related Exhibitions
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