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Elizabeth KEITH  -  1887-1956      Japonism

Elizabeth Keith

Elizabeth Keith 1887-1956

Like Paul Jacoulet, Elizabeth Keith is one of the foreigners successful in ukiyo-e printmaking. She was born in England and came to Japan in 1915 for the first time. Elizabeth Keith made several trips throughout Asia and started an artist career in Japan. In 1919 she was discovered by the print publisher Watanabe. Under his guidance, she started making woodblock prints. In her late years she returned to England.
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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