The Metcalf Chateau, also known as The Group of Seven,[1] was a group of
Asian-American artists with ties to
Honolulu. The name is derived from a house slated for demolition on Metcalf Street in Honolulu, in which they exhibited in 1954.[2][3] The exhibition was seen by Robert Griffin, director of the
Honolulu Academy of Arts, who arranged for the artists to have a group show at the museum.[4] The group's members were
Satoru Abe (born 1926),
Bumpei Akaji (1921–2002),
Edmund Chung,
Tetsuo Ochikubo (1923–1975),
Jerry T. Okimoto (1924–1998),
James Park, and
Tadashi Sato (1923–2005).
Matsumoto, Lacy, "Hawaii artist honors late friend with exhibition – Satoru Abe to show his work alongside pieces by Jerry Okimoto at Nu'uanu Gallery", Honolulu Advertiser, July 28, 2008, D1.
^Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017,
ISBN9780937426920, p. 28
^Morse, Marcia, Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001,
ISBN0937426482, pp. 10–12