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Matsumi (Mike) Kanemitsu (1922 - 1992): Untitled Male Portrait. 1951. Signed and Dated upper left. Matsumi (Mike) Kanemitsu (1922 - 1992) (Ogden, UT 1922- Los Angeles, 1992), best known for his work with sumi-e brush and ink-based techniques. Proficient in Japanese sumi ink and brushes, watercolor, lithography and oil painting, Kanemitsu exhibited throughout the US and his work is owned by a number of public institutions in the US and Japan. Raised in Hiroshima, in 1940 Kanemitsu returned to the US, enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1941. After the Pearl Harbor, he was detained in several camps and began to draw with pen, ink and pastels provided by the American Red Cross. Released, volunteered for duty as a hospital assistant in Europe until 1946, where traveled to Paris and studied with Fernand Leger. Students of NYC Art Students League with Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Matsumi (Mike) Kanemitsu (1922 - 1992) was closely associated with the New York school artists: Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock, who inspired his work in black-and-white watercolors. By 1960, he was exhibiting at galleries in New York and Los Angeles. In 1962, his work traveled with the Museum of Modern Art show 14 Americans.