Samizu Matsuki: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (A work in progress)

We are fortunate in Samizu having been a prolific diarist in the years when she  painted her most significant works.  "Significant"  as in expressing themes  of those times on earth, as opposed to  portraits and land- and sea-scapes, which as a working artist  she painted more than 100.

Samizu learns to draw and to paint. 3pgs    childhood_art_excerpts.pdf.

Lights on the Sea. A childhood memoir. 25 pages   lights_on_the_sea_full.pdf.

A quick review from from childhood during World War Two in Hokkaido, Japan to winning awards in NYC 1970. 15 pages   samizu_by_samizu_052522%20%281%29.pdf.

List of Samizu's schools, and a memoir from childhood through high school. 4pgs

Life during and after the war, 1936 to 1946.10pgs  samizu_life_during_after_ww2_1936_1946.pdf.

A bloodstained gate at the United Nations 1974. 11pgs   samizu_1974_united%20_nations_judo_3rd_person.pdf

French Academy's influence on Art Education. 5pgs samizu__2014_evolution_of_paint_production.pdf

Dad and Ghosts. 7pgs    samizu%20matsuki%20dad%20and%20ghosts.pdf.

Fumi essay.Conversation with my Father 3pgs  fumi%20matsuki%20a%20conversation%20with%20my%20father.pdf.


childhood_art_excerpts.pdf.

 lights_on_the_sea_full.pdf

  samizu_by_samizu_052522%20%281%29.pdf.

samizu_life_during_after_ww2_1936_1946.pdf.

 samizu_1974_united%20_nations_judo_3rd_person.pdf

samizu__2014_evolution_of_paint_production.pdf

samizu%20matsuki%20dad%20and%20ghosts.pdf.

umi%20matsuki%20a%20conversation%20with%20my%20father.pdf.
























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