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John McLaughlin
Southern California Abstract Classicists (aka Hard edge painters) Painting
American
(Sharon, Massachusetts, 1898 - 1976, Dana Point, California)


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Biography

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His exposure to Asian art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston had a profound influence. 1935 he moved to Japan, and studied the art and language. He returned to Boston in 1938, and opened The Tokaido, Inc., a gallery which specializing in Japanese prints Asiana. He studied Japanese at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and served the United States Marine Corps in World War II as a translator. In addition to Japanese art and Eastern philosophy, he was influenced by European modernists such as Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian. McLaughlin painted spare, minimalist canvases and was a core member of Southern California's Abstract Classicists, or hard-edge painters.


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