Paul Horiuchi

Art Brokerage: Paul Horiuchi Japanese Artist: Paul Horiuchi came to the United States in 1922. While initially an oil and watercolor painter, Horiuchi began making collages in the 1950s from torn sheets of handmade rice and mulberry paper with various pigments. It is clear to see the influence of his traditional Japanese training in the abstract designs he produces. Paul Horiuchi is one of the most celebrated artists of the Pacific Northwest. His work is represented in the collections of several major museums, including the Museum of Northwest Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Seattle Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Harvard University) and Cambridge University, England. Retrospective exhibitions of his work were held at the Tacoma Art Museum in 1967, both the University of Oregon Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum in 1969 and his important Henry Art Gallery in 1973. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honors including designation as a Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class, by the Emperor of Japan in 1976, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle in 1995. Horiuchi died in 1999. Listings wanted.