James K.Y. Kuo (Chinese: 郭光遠; December 25, 1920 – January 20, 1995)[1] was a Chinese-born painter who came to the United States in 1947.[2] Kuo was known as a "lyrical abstract painter...who exhibited his work at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery," the China Institute and the Elliott Museum and taught for many years at Daemen College in Amherst, New York.[3]
James K.Y. Kuo | |
|---|---|
郭光遠 | |
| Born | December 25, 1920 |
| Died | January 20, 1995 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Occupation(s) | Painter Educator |
| Years active | 1947-1995 |
Early life
editWith encouragement from his father, Kuo studied traditional Chinese painting at the Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute in Suzhou, China, and also at the Anqing School of Art, Anqing, Anhui, China. A direct inheritor of ink painting traditions, he left the political upheavals of China and emigrated to the US in 1947 and received his Masters of Fine Art in painting at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, in 1949.
Career
editAn "abstract-expressionist artist, painter, ceramicist/sculptor, jewelry maker, lecturer and respected teacher, he was primarily known for his paintings in acrylic, acrylic collage, gouache collage, watercolor and applied copper or silver on mediums such as; brass, textured nickel & wood. Early on, Kuo was influenced by Shih-t'ao and Chu Ta, the "Individualists" who became monks in 17th Century China as well as by the American abstract expressionists[4] Franz Kline, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. His bold brush strokes of flat muted colors could be very abstract but never far from the natural world.
He later taught at Rosary Hill College (now Daemen College), as Professor Emeritus, Amherst, NY, from 1955 to 1992.[5]
Personal life
editExhibitions
edit- Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- China Institute, New York, NY
- Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
- Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo
- Gallery Without Walls, Buffalo
- More-Rubin Gallery, Buffalo
- Daemen College, Buffalo
- Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL
- University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Birchfield Penney Art Center, SUNY Buffalo State[7]
Collections
edit- Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- China Institute, New York, NY
- Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Gary Snyder Fine Arts, New York, NY
References
edit- ^ "James K Y Kuo - United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. 20 January 1995.
- ^ Art in America By Walter Robinson, May 1995
- ^ Art in America by Walter Robinson, May 1995
- ^ "James K. Y. Kuo > Artists > Burchfield Penney Art Center".
- ^ http://www.meibohmfinearts.com/artists.aspx?ID=50 [bare URL]
- ^ "Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base: Nina Kuo". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ^ "In the Fullness of Time, Painting in Buffalo, 1832-1972 > Exhibitions > Burchfield Penney Art Center".
External links
edit- James K.Y. Kuo at Meihbohm Fine Arts
- James K.Y. Kuo at Art Asia America
- In The Fullness of Time, Painting in Buffalo, 1832-1972 at Burchfield Penney Art Center
- James K.Y. Kuo at Burchfield Penney Art Center