Today in History revisits the September 9, 1965 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story about UND hosting an exhibit of Japanese abstract art collected by Dr. Roland Gibson. Continue reading for more details.

A collection of work done by 40 contemporary Japanese artists, gathered by a former University of North Dakota faculty member, will be shown at UND Sunday through Oct. 17.

The story of the collection began in 1963, when Dr. Roland Gibson, former associate professor of economics at UND, spent two months in Japan visiting galleries and artists’ studios. In that period he brought together what has been called the most representative collection of Japanese abstract art in the United States. The exhibit includes paintings, etchings and woodblock prints.

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