Utah Historical Quarterly
"This book puts Sugimoto’s art in context with his life and times and beautifully reprints much of his work." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

New York Times
"Sugimoto had been a rising artist... His internment... left him melancholy...but also gave his work depth and poignancy." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: A fitting testament to a great artist, May 18, 2001 By  Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience (Paperback) Henry Sugimoto: Painting An American Experience is the companion volume to a major exhibit of a remarkable Japanese-American artist. Henry Sugimoto (1900-1999) had an art career that spanned the 20th century and whose work reveals a talented, gifted, complex, and engaging painter. From his early work (influenced by European impressionism and then the post-impressionists) to his painted documentation to the Japanese-American experiences of World War II era Arkansas-based internment camps, to his later efforts in New York City, this superbly presented, full-color survey of his life and work is a fitting testament to a great artist.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Accessible Art, Accessible History, April 26, 2001 By A Customer Whether your interest is in art or in history, you definitely will find pleasure here! Regardless of where your interest may lay, this book is a highly accessible one. Sugimoto's art is accessible to non-artistics (if there's such a word ;-) and Kristine Kim's narrative is accessible to non-academics. As an American of Japanese ancestry, I find that o