Chiura Obata, who painted natural wonders and hardships of Japanese-Americans at Topaz, gets major exhibition at Utah Museum of Fine Arts

(Chiura Obata | courtesy Utah Museum of Fine Arts) "Dust Storm, Topaz," a watercolor-on-paper created March 13, 1943, by Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata during his time at the Topaz internment camp in Utah. Obata's work will be shown in a major touring retrospective, May 25-Sept. 8 at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

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