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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spouse of
née Grosse Rose Menpes
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associate of
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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associate of
Sarah Bernhard
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associate of
John Hood
1860
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: Clark, John (ed.) (2001), 'Japanese Exchanges in Art 1850s-1930s', Sydney, NSW : Power Publications, pp. 248-49.>, <ExternalResource: Greenwall, Ryno; & Carruthers, Jane (intro.) (1992), 'Artists and Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War', Vlaeberg, South Africa : Fernwood Press ; Johannesburg, South Africa : Thorold's Africana Books [distributor], pp. 172-73.>, <ExternalResource: Dolan, David (1993), 'Mortimer Menpes..."like the kangaroo of his country"', Australian Antique Collector 46th edn, July-Dec, pp. 33-35.>, <ExternalResource: Wedd, Kit; with Peltz, Lucy; & Ross, Cathy (2001), 'Artists' London : Holbein to Hirst', London, England, UK : Museum of London ; Merrell, pp 82, 98.>]