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Teruko Yokoi was born on 1924 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, is a Japanese artist (1924–2020). Discover Teruko Yokoi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 96 years old?

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Occupation Visual artist
Age 96 years old
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Born 1924, 1924
Birthday 1924
Birthplace Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Date of death 28 October, 2020
Died Place Bern, Switzerland
Nationality Japan

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Her husband is Sam Francis

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Teruko Yokoi Net Worth

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Teruko Yokoi (横井 照子) was a Japanese-born Swiss artist, most known for her abstract paintings.

1924

Yokoi was born in 1924 in Nagoya, Aichi, and soon after moved to Tsushima, Japan. As a child, she learns under Kouki Suzuki, a member of Shunyo-kai art society.

She graduates from Aichi Prefectural Tsushima Girls High School (now Aichi Prefectural Tsushima High School).

1947

In 1947, she painted portraits of several U.S. Army officers' wives, including Jean Barnett Alexander, the wife of Lt. John A. Alexander.

In the late 40s she studied with the Impressionist painter Takanori Kinoshita in Tokyo.

1949

After winning prizes in the Issuikai and Nitten Exhibitions between 1949 and 1951, she moved to the United States in 1953, and studied at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute).

In New York City she studied with Hans Hofmann, and with Julian Levi at the Art Students League of New York.

In New York her style shifted away from objective Impressionism, becoming increasingly abstract.

1957

She has won prizes at the Philadelphia Annual Exhibition in 1957, the Washington Biennale, and the San Francisco annual art exhibition.

1962

After the couple separated in 1962, she moved to Bern, Switzerland.

1991

In 1991, she became a citizen of Switzerland.

2004

In November 2004, the Teruko Yokoi Hinagashi Museum was founded in Ena, Gifu, and in 2008, the Yokoi Teruko Fuji Museum of Art was founded in Fuji, Shizuoka.

2010

As of 2010, Yokoi has held almost 80 solo exhibitions since 1954.

She has held exhibitions at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Seibu Art Forum, and the Galerie Kornfeld in Bern, among others.

2014

In 2014, at age 90, Yokoi created works for a benefit exhibition, with the proceeds from the paintings going to UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch."

Yokoi married the painter Sam Francis, with whom she had a daughter.

2020

Yokoi died on 28 October 2020, aged 96.