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Artist/Creator: Takao Tanabe (Artist)
Date: 1963
ID #: BG4160

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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