Sunburst by Midori Kono Thiel
Sunburst
Midori Kono Thiel
Title
Sunburst
Artist
Midori Kono Thiel
1933 - PRESENT (biography)Year
1958
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
15 3/4 x 12" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
4 of 20
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left; dated after the signature
Reference
Paper
ivory Japanese laid hosho
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
11141
Price
SOLD
Description
Midori Kono Thiel did this abstract expressionist woodcut in Japan, while studying art at UC Berkeley.
Midori Kono Thiel was born in Berkeley, CA in 1933 and spent her childhood in Lahaina on the island of Maui, HI. She got her B.A. and M.A. in Fine Arts from U.C. Berkeley and studied woodblock printmaking in Tokyo, Japan on a traveling fellowship from U.C.B. In addition she has extensive postgraduate study in textiles, Japanese calligraphy, koto music and the performing arts of Noh and Kyogen. She lives in Washington state and exhibits her calligraphy in Japan.