Excerpt: "Born in Los Angeles in 1913 and raised in Santa Monica from the age of 12, Fukuhara graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1931 and enrolled at Otis Art Institute. But the Great Depression forced him to leave and take a job to help support his family. Over the ensuing years, he had to put his artistic dreams on hold — first, when he and his family were sent to the Manzanar relocation camp during World War II, and later in New York, when he ran a floral business for 42 years and also was raising a family."
Notice of Fukuhara's exhibition, April 28-May 21 at the Manzanar National Historic Site Interpretive Center.
Excerpt: "Henry Fukuhara was 29 when he first came to Manzanar with his wife and child in 1942. Back then he painted in watercolors to “pass the time” behind barbed wire. Now, at age 93, he returns to capture the landscape and memories of his confinement in watercolor. His works are represented in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Bernardino Museum of Art, and the Japanese American National Museum. He is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art” and is a member of the prestigious National Watercolor Society, as well as an honorary member of Watercolor West."
Excerpt: "When Henry Fukuhara approaches his cozy Santa Monica home, he walks through the same yard he played in as a boy nearly eight decades ago. But for the widely-acclaimed artist who gained recognition throughout the ’70s and ’80s for his abstract watercolors, an entire world has passed between his 1931 graduation from Santa Monica High School and his retirement on his family property today."