In his book Carl Little gives a concise description of the artist’s back ground: “Born in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Japanese-Swedish parents, Hamabe studied at the Newark School of Fine Arts and the Rhode Island School of Design. Following infantry duty in World War II, he became a commercial artist, working in illustration and advertisement. Over the years, Hamabe’s graphic work appeared in The New Yorker and The Philadelphia Inquirer and on the covers of Down East and Maine Life (for a time, he was art director of the latter publication).”
Little goes on to describe Hamabe’s work. “A printmaker of the first rank, Hamabe produced numerous serigraphs and silkscreens over the years (he demonstrated the former printmaking technique, pioneering its use in Maine). He was expert at capturing the
