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Frances BLAKEMORE  -  1906-1997      

Frances Blakemore was an American artist living for more than 50 years in Japan. She worked not only as an artist, but she was also active as a Tokyo dealer in modern Japanese art. In 1975 she published the book 'Who is who in Modern Japanese Prints' with an index of 400 modern Japanese print artists. In 1990 she and her husband founded the Blakemore Foundation to promote greater understanding of Asian languages and art among Americans.

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs