Last chance to catch Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which closes on May 28 at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. 
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Last chance to catch Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which closes on May 28 at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Kenjiro Nomura's The Farm is one of more than 60 outstanding works in the exhibition.
Nomura emigrated from Japan to Seattle as a child. A self-taught artist, he started a sign-painting business and, in June 1933, was given a solo exhibition when the Seattle Art Museum first opened. The farm in this painting represents the dream of many immigrants who sought land in the United States. Despite his good standing in the community, Nomura and his family were removed from their home and placed in an internment camp with other Japanese Americans during World War II.
Source: Virginia Mecklenburg. Scenes from American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (exhibition text, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1999).
Pictured: Kenjiro Nomura, 1896 Japan–1956 USA, The Farm, 1934, oil, 38 1/4 x 46 1/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor.