Kyohei Inukai (1913-1985), Striped Cat with Purple Background, circa 1978-1984, watercolor painting with charcoal and pastel, 13 5/8 x 11 in. (34.5 x 27.9 cm.). Provenance: Estate of Kyohei Inukai

Kyohei Kats: Paintings, Drawings & Woodblock Prints by Kyohei Inukai
Scholten Japanese Art
Online exhibition, February 2023

Scholten Japanese Art is pleased to announce an online exhibition featuring fabulous and feisty felines by the Japanese American artist, Kyohei Inukai (1913-1985).

Born in Chicago in 1913, Kyohei Inukai was the son of the notable Western-style Japanese American painter, Kyohei Inukai (1886-1954). The younger Inukai studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and The National Academy of Design and The Art Students League in New York. Inukai exhibited his first one-man show at the California Arts Club in 1934, followed by subsequent works exhibited at museums in the United States and in Japan. He was multi-talented artist, actively working as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker. His works are found in the collections of the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, and the Wichita University Museum of Fine Art in Kansas.

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