CHARLES W. BARTLETT

'Charles W. Bartlett' was a British painter and printmaker. He was born in 1860 in Bridgeport, Dorsetshire in England. He studied metallurgy and then enrolled in the Royal Academy in London, where he studied painting and etching. After three years of study in London, he entered the private studio school Académie Julian in Paris.
In 1913 Bartlett traveled to the erstwhile British India, Ceylon, Indonesia, China and Japan. He arrived in Japan in 1915, where he met woodblock print publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962), who was a major force in early 20th century Japanese art (Shin hanga). In 1916 Watanabe published 21 woodblocks from Bartlett’s designs, including 6 prints of Japanese landscapes. In 1917 Charles Bartlett and his wife left Japan for England. However, they stopped off in Hawaii, where they remained for the rest of their lives—never returning to England. Anna Rice Cooke (1853-1934), who founded the Honolulu Academy of Arts, became Bartlett’s advocate and patron. Charles Bartlett died in Hawaii in 1940.
The Honolulu Academy of Arts houses a large collection of Charles Bartlett’s paintings and prints.

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★ Forbes, David W., "Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 206-233.

★ Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada, " Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.

★ Stephens, Amy Reigle " The New Wave - Twentieth Century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection", Bamboo Publishing Ltd. London and Hotei - Japanese Prints, Leiden