John Matsudaira

After training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, he was severely wounded in combat in Italy in 1944, and spent two and a half years in recovery.

Bill to enroll in the Burnley Art School, where he studied with noted artists Jacob Elshin and Nick Damascus.

He entered pieces in the Seattle Art Museum's Northwest Annual juried exhibition several years in a row, gaining considerable notice.

[3] In the 2010s, due to the efforts of family members, a handful of curators and journalists, and a general upsurge of interest in mid-century modern art in the Pacific Northwest, Matsudaira's work has been reintroduced to the public, with new appreciation for the scope and depth of his artistic career.

In May 2016 the first-ever retrospective of Matsudaira's life and work, curated by David F. Martin, opened at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, Washington.