Robert Kobayashi

Robert Kobayashi (1925–2015) was a Hawaiʻi-born artist who made abstract expressionist paintings at the beginning of his career and later produced pointillist paintings and pointillist-derived sculptures in the folk art tradition. Known for the "whimsical, childlike quality" of his work, he rarely exhibited in commercial galleries, preferring to work and display his creations in a studio called "Moe's Meat Market" that he and his wife owned in the NoLita section of Manhattan.

Early life and training

Kobayashi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. His parents having divorced before he was five, he and his four sisters lived with his mother on the northern fringe of the business district.

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