Shoji
Bartlett, Charles W., 1860-1940
Shoji- Artist : Bartlett, Charles W., 1860-1940
- Date : 1916
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 923003
- Condition : Fading; rubbing at reverse top left corner
- Dimensions : 10 3/8 x 15 inches
- Illustrated : Bartlett, pl. 35
- Comments : Dedicated from KMB (the artist's wife Kate); published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; pencil signature
- RESERVED
About The Artist
Bartlett, Charles W., 1860-1940Born 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.....
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