Francis Hamabe

Francis Emritz Hamabe[1][2] (1917 — 2002) was an American artist of Japanese and Swedish descent.

Known best for his screen printing, oil painting and Sumi ink drawing, he also cartooned, including for The New Yorker and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and produced murals.

In 1952 he co-founded the Maine Coast Artists cooperative (later the Center for Maine Contemporary Art) with Denny Winters, William and Stell Shevis, William Thon, Mildred Burrage and William Kienbusch.

He taught at the Blue Hill Consolidated School, the University of Maine at Orono and the University of Maine at Machias.

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