This a lovely Japanese woodblock print by Charles Bartlett title is Ushibuse , 1916. I had it professionally cleaned at Robyn Buntin Gallery a few years back, some toning and fade line remain though. Size : 15″L x 10 1/8″W. Bartlett studied metallurgy and worked in that field for several years. At age 23, he enrolled in the Royal Academy. In London, where he studied painting and etching. After three years of study in London, he entered the private studio school Académie Julian. In Paris, where he studied under Jules Joseph Lefebvre. (18361911) and Gustave Boulanger. Bartlett then traveled to Europe, spending several productive years in the Netherlands. And Venice with his friend and fellow artist Frank Brangwyn. Brangwyn is believed to have introduced Bartlett to Japanese prints. Bartlett produced some of his most important early works on the Continent, especially studies of peasants painted in broad areas of colour. He was invited to join the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In France in 1897. Several Continental museums acquired his paintings at the Paris exhibitions of the Société de la Peinture a l’Eau. Bartlett made several trips to Brittany and the Netherlands with the Dutch painter Nico Wilhelm Jungmann. (18721935), which provided the former with material for future paintings of peasants, whose dignity derived from the simple placement of shapes. In 1913, with financial backing from his wife’s well-to-do family, the Bartletts traveled to the undivided Pre-Partition British India, Ceylon, Indonesia, China, and Japan. He arrived in Japan in 1915, where he met woodblock print publisher Watanabe Shzabur. (18851962), who was a major force in early 20th-century Japanese art shin-hanga. In 1916 Watanabe published 21 woodblocks from Bartlett’s designs, including six prints of Japanese landscapes. He did visit Japan in 1919, where he created sixteen shin-hanga prints for Watanabe. (18531934), who founded the Honolulu Museum of Art. Became Bartlett’s advocate and patron. In 1928, Bartlett helped to found the Honolulu Printmakers. Along with local artists Alexander Samuel MacLeod. The Bradford Museums and Galleries (West Yorkshire, UK), the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. (Bristol, England), the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Honolulu Museum of Art, and the Library of Congress. Are among the public collections holding work by Charles W. I try to use Flat rate U. Its been averaging anywhere from 1- 3 weeks but can take up to 4-6 weeks depending on where you live on the mainland & time of year. Please notify me within two days of arrival. Please check out my other items! The item “Charles Bartlett Japanese woodblock print Ujibuse, 1916″ is in sale since Tuesday, October 03, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “ritaskura” and is located in Honolulu, Hawaii. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Maker: Charles Bartlett
• Region of Origin: Japan
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Primary Material: Paper