Tanaka, Yasushi, 1886-1941
Art teacher, Painter
This site provides access to the papers of Yasushi Tanaka in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2022, and total 101 images.
Size: 0.01 Linear feet
Summary: The Yasushi Tanaka letters to Frederic C. Torrey date from 1913-1924, and 1963, and consist of 35 items. Letters from Tanaka to Torrey concern the contemporary art world, Tanaka's paintings and exhibitions, and other subjects.
Yasushi Tanaka (1886-1941) was a Japanese American painter and art instructor, born in Saitana, Japan, on May 13, 1886. In 1904 he emigrated to Seattle, Washington, then settled permanently in Paris in 1920. Torrey was an art dealer with the San Francisco gallery Vickery, Atkins & Torrey. Tanaka was married to writer Louise Gebhard Cann, who was the author of several articles and books on French artists.
Donated 1992 by Gryffyd Partridge. The letters were received in the papers of his father, Seattle artist Roi Partridge; it is unclear how Partridge received them.
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This site provides access to the papers of Yasushi Tanaka in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2022, and total 101 images.
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