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"Post internment, Hibi's artwork and approach to artistic expression in paintings evolved and improved. She abandoned sketching all together in her process, instead favoring paint worked directly onto canvas. In her most recent work, Hisako Hibi's art style became more abstract, for example, one of her six post-war paintings Autumn (1970)."

"Hibi's work from Tanforan offers an uncomon perspective for an era of art dominated by men, as many of her paintings explore themes of femininity and motherhood."

"Although Hibi's art has featured in many well known ehibits, such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, much of it has been lost or displaced. A neighbor from Hayward, who stored several of the family's paintings during internment, died in 1954, depleting what is known to be left of Hibi's early works. Lee recounted finding selections from Hibi's internment artwork in online marketplaces and garage sales." ** want to add other museums and mentions after this paragraph

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Kano, Betty. “Four Northern California Artists: Hisako Hibi, Norine Nishimura, Yong Soon Min, and Miran Ahn.” Feminist Studies Vol. 19 No. 3 (1993): 628–642.

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Hisako Shimizu Hibi (1907–1991) was a Japanese-born American Issei painter and printmaker. Hibi attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Fransisco, California where she garnered experience and recognition in the fine arts and community art-exhibition. Here, she met her husband George Matsusaburo Hibi, with whom she raised two children.

Well-known for the large collection of paintings she created during her internment (1942-1946) at the American internment camps Tanforan and Topaz, Hibi assisted in founding and teaching art schools for interned children.

After internment, Hibi moved to New York City where she became a US citizen and continued her education, studying at the Museum of Modern Art. Following George's death, Hibi returned to San Fransisco where she continued to feature in galleries, gain recognition, and explore alternative art-styles before her passing in 1991.