Takao Tanabe

Takao Tanabe, CM, OBC (born 16 September 1926) is a Canadian painter.

Born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the son of a commercial fisherman, he was interned with other Japanese-Canadians in the British Columbia interior during World War II. The subjects of Takao Tanabe's paintings are almost exclusively landscapes of British Columbia.

Education

• Winnipeg School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1946–1949. Teachers included Joseph Plaskett.
• Brooklyn Museum School of Art, New York City, New York, 1951–1952. Teachers included Hans Hofmann.
• Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, UK, 1953–1954. Attended on an Emily Carr Scholarship. Traveled Europe widely during this period.
• Sumi-e and calligraphy in Tokyo, Japan, 1959–1960. Attended on a Canada Council Scholarship.

Awards

• Member of the Order of Canada^[1]
• Order of British Columbia
• two honorary doctorates
• Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts
• Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts^[2]

References

External links

• Takao Tanabe exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, January 21, 2006 – April 17, 2006
• Takao Tanabe at the Mira Godard Gallery
• Takao Tanabe information at gc.ca
• Bilingual website for the touring exhibition "Takao Tanabe: Chronicles of Form and Place", organized and circulated by the Burnaby Art Gallery and the McMaster Museum of Art