Early Works
Oil Paintings
Tsutakawa’s early oil paintings in the postwar period, showed his interest in Modernist art, with its abstracted shapes and interpretations of natural scenes and people. He was a great student of European and American early Modern masters of Impressionism, Surrealism, Bauhaus and Abstract Expressionism.
Terrestrial Rhythm 1940
34” x 43”
Photo by Paul Macapia
Camp Fanning 1943
16 1/4” x 21 3/4”
Photo by Paul Macapia
Carkeek Beach 1948
23 1/2” x 21 1/2”
Photo by Paul Macapia
Dancers 1947
21” x 27”
Photo by Paul Macapia
Winter 1949
23” x 29”
Photo by Paul Macapia
Ikada No 5 1950
30 1/4” x 43”
Photo by Paul Macapia
Pastels
Tsutakawa created many pastel drawings reflecting his travels and observations of places he discovered in his travels.
Zoot Suiter 1942
11 1/2” x 9”
Couple Dancing 1942
9” x 11 1/2”
An Impression of the South 1942
9” x 11”
Southern Mansion 1943
9” x 11 1/2”
Dancers 1947
47 1/2” x 59”
Block Prints
In the early years of his training and career, Prof. Tsutakawa, like other young artists, produced linoleum block prints with intricacy and skill. Some of his compositions were scenes from the areas where he worked in Alaska fish canneries during the summers.
Broadway High School 1932
Iron Chink Union Bay Cannery Alaska 1932
Salmon Pitching Union Bay Alaska 1932
Lake Union 1932
Long Shore Union Bay 1932
Fjord 1933
Nakai Farm House Auburn WA 1934
North Cascade 1934
