Zittende vrouw in klederdracht 1902
Charles William Bartlett
ChalkWatercolour
24 ⨯ 18 cm
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- About the artwork24,5 x 18,5 cm
Aquarel en krijt. Gesigneerd en gedateerd 1902.
Eind 19e eeuw reisde Bartlett samen met zijn collega en vriend Frank Brangwyn door Europa, w.o. Bretagne en Nederland. - About the artist
Charles William Bartlett was born on June 1, 1860 in Bridport, Dover, England. He began his education with the intention of becoming a chemist, but switched to fine art, enrolling at the Academy of Art in London at the age of twenty-three. From there he went to Paris to further his studies at the Academie Julian.
After he lost his wife Emily and infant son in childbirth, the artist spent a year traveling in Europe with fellow artist Frank Brangwyn. It was at this time that his work maintained a focus on the daily lives of peasant women and children, and began to hone his watercolor and drawing techniques. It wouldn't be until much later that Bartlett, now returned to England and remarried, would discover his love of printmaking and the landscape subject matter he would become known for.
In 1913 he and his second wife Catherine Main, who he had married in 1898, traveled to Ceylon, Indonesia, and China to sketch and paint. 1915 hailed their arrival in Japan, where they met Austrian artist Fritz Capelari who introduced them to publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe and Bartlett began a long collaboration in which Watanabe would turn Bartlett's watercolor landscapes into color woodcuts; soon, Bartlett himself would use Watanabe's studio to carve and create his own woodblocks.
In 1917, the Bartletts traveled to Hawaii, intending to make a short visit. However, they fell in love with the landscape and community where they were visiting, and soon established their lives and Charles' career there. He became a co-founder of the Honolulu Printmakers and a prominent member of Hawaii's artistic community until his death on April 6, 1940 at the age of eighty.
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