PAINTING

Description: WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS. EACH PICTURE IS FRAMED WITH GREEN/GREY IMITATION BAMBOO. CREAM & GREY MATTE, NON-GLARE GLASS. ALL PICTURES SIGNED BY "KUNIYOSHI MASADA '68". .1 32 CM WTH X 38 CM LGTH. DEPICTS THE BRIDGE & BELL UNDER PAGODA ROOF AND CEMENT ORNAMENT. .2 37 CM WTH X 32.5 CM LGTH. DEPICTS ROCKS, WATERFALL, TREES & PAGODA ROOF. .3 32 CM WTH X 38 CM LGTH. DEPICTS CEMENT PAGODA, TREE & BRIDGE.

History: PAINTED BY JAPANESE ARTIST, KUNIYOSHI MASADA, WHILE HE WAS STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE IN 1968. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST, KUNIYOSHI MASADA, WAS NOT FOUND, BUT HE WAS FEATURED IN AN ARTICLE FROM THE JULY 3, 1968 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. MASADA SPENT THE SUMMER OF 1968 PAINTING WATERCOLOURS IN THE NIKKA YUKO JAPANESE GARDEN, WHICH WERE THEN EXHIBITED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE LETHBRIDGE EATON'S STORE. MASADA WAS A STUDENT AT THE ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART, THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, AND THE BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, AND RECEIVED A HUDSON'S BAY SCHOLARSHIP TOWARD HIS STUDIES. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19900020028 FOR HARDCOPY OF ARTICLE ABOUT MASADA'S PAINTINGS.