Coming Up Next: Karen Frederick, Curator, An Eye to the East: The Inspiration of Japan at the Greenwich Historical Society

Listen to the October 29 broadcast here. 

Wood block printing, calligraphy and much more all had their starts in ancient China. They eventually made their way to Japan -a civilization that closed itself off to much of the world for centuries. 

Those closed doors were flung open to the world in 1854 when American Commodore Matthew Galbraith Perry negotiated the Convention of Kanagawa or the  Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity. The world would never be the same. 

Soon Japanese art swept Europe and America -and among those in the post-U.S. Civil War era who took note were artists John Henry Twactman, J. Alden Weir and Childe Hassam -all associated with the Cos Cob art colony, the first American Impressionist art colony located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Bush-Holley House, Cob Cob. 

On the next broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim we will be welcoming Ms. Karen Frederick to Conversations. She is the curator of the Greenwich Historical Society that just opened a new and exciting first-of-its-kind public exhibition. 

Through paintings, prints, photographs, carvings, ceramics and textiles, An Eye to the East: The Inspiration of Japan looks at the influence of Japanese art and culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with a special emphasis on the Cos Cob art colony. The contribution of Genjiro Yeto, who studied under John Henry Twactman at the Art Students League in New York and spent part of each year from 1895 to 1901 at the Holley boarding house, is explored in a separate gallery and features a recent donation of his work to the Greenwich Historical Society by Yeto’s granddaughter.

We will feature our weekly words of wisdom on the Confucius Moment, and take you to another exciting destination on Treasures of China. 

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