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Taro Yamamoto abstract oil on canvas framed and matted under glass signed lower right in pencil "Taro Yamamoto 57", 21" x 27". Bio from AskArt: Taro Yamamoto (1919-1994), an American-Japanese non-objective painter, he was born in Hollywood, California to a wealthy Japanese landlord and builder. At the age of six he was taken to live in Japan, where he remained until age 19. According to the painter himself, he started painting at the age of six, and won many prizes in exhibitions at his Japanese schools. From November 7, 1941 to February 23, 1946 he served in the U. S. Army. In 1949, while he was attending Santa Monica City College, he was awarded the Grand Prize for a painting which was later presented to the Methodist Church in West Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited on Cape Cod, in New York City (at the Art Student's League in 1955), Paris, France, and elsewhere.