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| Data.No. | 205 |
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Annotation | Old Korea
hard cover,cloth72 pages. 16 color plates. 24 b/w plates.1946 first edition.
The many illustrations by the artist Elizabeth Keith provide a beautiful backgrounds to the brief accompaning essays,based upon observations made whie in Korea in the 1920'. Contains information on the Independence
movement of 1919.(Annotation is based on Korea,Library of Congress,1950)......................................................................Elizabeth Keith(1887-1956) was born in Scotland in 1887. She was a self-taught artist making watercolors and drawings. And Elizabeth probably would never have become the artist we know today, if her sister had not married a publisher in Japan.
A Fateful Journey to Japan
In 1915, at age 28, Elizabeth traveled to Japan where she remained for nine years. When she left England, she had no idea that she would return nine years later. Her sister had married an English publisher living in Tokyo and her trip was planned as a short vacation. Elizabeth was kept by the charm of Japan and the Asian culture and arts.
In her first year in Japan, Elizabeth had a small exhibition with caricatures of foreign residents in Tokyo. From a trip to Korea she brought some watercolors back. Watanabe, the Shin Hanga publisher saw these at an exhibition and convinced Elizabeth to transform one into a woodblock print - a view of the East Gate in Seoul. At that time she had never done a woodblock before. Although she did not perform the carving or printing herself, she wanted to have a basic understanding to supervise the process. So for the next two years she learned the Japanese woodblock printmaking technique.
Returning to England
In 1924 Elizabeth returned to England. Here she started learning color etchings. Elizabeth was back in Asia and Japan from 1932 to 1933 and again in 1935.
In 1936 and 1937 she had exhibitions in the USA. With World War II on the horizon, Elizabeth some how got mentally caught between East and West.
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| Author | Elizabeth Keith |
| Publisher | Huchinson & co.,Ltd.London |
| Pub.Year(s) | 1946 |
| Language | English |
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