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Bumpei Usui (1898-1994) was born in Nagano, Japan, and raised on a silkworm farm. In 1921 he settled in New York City, designing furniture and making picture frames. According to family lore, Usui landed in the US "by literally jumping off a ship and swimming to shore, which no one ever had any reason to believe wasn't true." By 1926 he was exhibiting his art alongside such luminaries as Man Ray, Marsden Hartley, and Thomas Hart Benton.
Usui spent many summers in Woodstock and the Adirondacks. This watercolor records his impressions of the Adirondack landscape in 1948.
Usui spent many summers in Woodstock and the Adirondacks. This watercolor records his impressions of the Adirondack landscape in 1948.
Title:
Adirondack Landscape
Artist:
Usui, Bumpei
Date:
1948
Catalog #:
2002.066.0002
Slide #:
26 of 35
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Adirondack Landscape
Adirondack Landscape