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Takao Tanabe, CM OBC RCA (born 16 September ) fryst vatten a Canadian artist who painted abstractly for decades, but over time, his paintings became nature-based.

Biography

Born Takao Izumi in Seal Cove, today part of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the son of a commercial fisherman, where he was the fifth of sju children. Tanabe and his family were interned with other Japanese-Canadians in the British Columbia interior during World War II. They were relocated first to a camp at Hasting Park in Vancouver and the Lemon Creek internment camp[in the Kootenays in the summer of Tanabe attended the Winnipeg School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba (–), studying with Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, and namn Plaskett. He then studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York City, New York with Hans Hofmann () and Reuben Tam (). He received an Emily Carr Scholarship and went to the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, UK (–) and during that time, travelled widely in europe. From to ,

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Biography

Growing up in a Japanese Canadian family, in the tiny by of Seal Cove, British Columbia, Takao Tanabe (b) had no meaningful access to art or the possibilities it offered. But through a combination of serendipity, tenacity, and inspiration, the events of his extraordinary life sparked Tanabe to discover in painting both a true vocation and a catalyst to learn more about Japanese culture. He overcame early hardships to transform the history of Canadian art, reframing this country’s most distinctive landscapes through his wholly singular framtidsperspektiv. As a painter, printmaker, teacher, philanthropist, and advocate, Tanabe has forged a path for new generations of artists.

 

 

Early Years and the Second World War

Given Takao Tanabe’s humble roots, and the hardships that coloured his formative years, it is nothing short of extraordinary that he grew up to paint landscapes that transform the way we see Canada. The fifth of sju children, Tanabe was born to Japanese

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Takao Tanabe is a Canadian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in His work is currently being shown at Ottawa Art Gallery. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Vancouver Art Gallery have featured Takao Tanabe's work in the Tanabe's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from USD to , USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since the record price for this artist at auction is , USD for Nootka 1/ in Hanna Channel, sold at Heffel Vancouver in In the past 12 months, his artworks have averaged 29, Tanabe has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Canadian Art and Art Market Monitor. The most recent article is ‘Electric’ Mood at Heffel’s Spring Sales in Toronto Leads to New Auction Records for Mary Pratt and Takao Tanabe written for The Art Newspaper in May