About The Artist

Born in Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, England. Studied painting at the Royal Academy in London and in Paris. Known in Europe for oils, watercolors, and etchings of scenes in Brittany and Holland. From December 1913 he traveled and painted in India and China before arriving in Japan in 1915. In 1916 Watanabe Shozaburo produced 21 prints from his travel paintings. Bartlett left Japan in 1917 intending to return to England via Hawaii and the U.S., but remained in Hawaii for the rest of his life. Ac.....