Satoru Abe

He attended President William McKinley High School, where he took art lessons from Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell.[4] During these few years in Hawaii, Abe also formed the Metcalf Chateau with Bumpei Akaji, Edmund Chung, Tetsuo Ochikubo, Jerry T. Okimoto, James Park, and Tadashi Sato.[1] In 1956, Abe returned to New York and found a creative home at the SculptureCenter, where his work attracted the attention of gallery owners and others.Abe returned to Hawai'i in 1970, and in the same year was offered a National Endowment for the Arts Artist in Resident grant.[7][8] Abe is best known for his sculptures of abstracted natural forms, many of which resemble trees, such as East and West in the collection of the Hawaii State Art Museum.
Satoru Abe, East and West , welded copper and bronze, 1971, Hawaii State Art Museum
Two Abstract Figures , oil on canvas painting by Satoru Abe, c. 1955, Honolulu Museum of Art
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