Katherine Alice Jowett's Shanghai

Fascinating to learn about Katharine Jowett (1883–1972), one of only a few Western female artists who chose to live and work in Japan, Korea and northern China in the years between the two world wars. Along with Bertha Lum and other émigré European and American artists, she was a proponent of the shin-hanga style of printing, which revitalised traditional ukiyo-e art. Her rare prints exclusively focus on the architecture of Peking and employ a unique linocut technique which is celebrated for its innovation and sense of atmosphere. Her works are rumoured to have been the only Western art pieces to be displayed in Mao Zedong's personal chambers.

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