Mortimer Menpes b. c.22 February 1860

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
While living in Japan in the 1880s, Menpes outraged Whistler, who accused him of plagiarising his own Japanese methods in painting. Whether this was so or not, Menpes did admire Whistler and eventually became his biographer. He was also an enthusiast of Japonisme, and acquired a substantial collection of Japanese carvings for his home. He was a keen traveller, and his legacy includes a number of h
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exhibited at
Royal Academy
Place
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1888
Place
Dowdeswells, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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