The Chiura Obata Papers were the source for an assignment created in the Archives of American Art’s Teaching with Primary Sources workshop Michaela Rife Chiura Obata, El Capitan, n.d ...

In 1903, at the age of seventeen, the artist Chiura Obata (1885–1975) emigrated from Japan to the United States. He first found work in San Francisco as an illustrator, then, in 1932 ...

When he was 56, Chiura Obata — already recognized as a gifted landscape painter known for beautiful vistas of California — moved with his family to Utah, but not by choice. The move in 1942 ...

Chiura Obata (1885–1975) was one of the most significant Japanese American artists working on the West Coast in the last century. Today he is best known for majestic views of the American West, ...

Some examples of the inspiration-themed interactive and educational features: Alongside the story of artist Chiura Obata, interned along with thousands of other Japanese Americans during World War ...

Chiura Obata was a Japanese-American artist. He is best known for his depictions of landscapes in California, especially those of Yosemite National Park. Obata’s style blends the tradition of Japanese ...

A massive screen painting by Japanese American artist Chiura Obata owned by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts will get some needed conservation work, thanks to a prestigious grant. The grant ...