Elizabeth Eaton Burton (1869–1937) was a versatile artist associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Born and raised in France, she later lived in California for many years, before returning to France. While traveling through China and Japan from 1933 onward, she produced six woodblock print designs.
Elizabeth Eaton Burton (1869–1937) was a versatile artist associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Born and raised in France, she later lived in California for many years, before returning to France.
While traveling through China and Japan from 1933 onward, she produced six woodblock print designs. As these were exhibited during 1935 and 1936, they must have been finished somewhere in the 1933–1935 period. Reportedly it was the Tokyo-based publisher Kato Junji that published the woodblock prints based on the paintings. Known for publishing a series of 12 woodblock prints by Kawase Hasui, Kato Junji was more than capable of such an endeavor and clearly managed to transfer Elizabeth Eaton Burton's style very well.
The cooperation with artists from different fields and countries during the Shin Hanga period always led to interesting results. An Elizabeth Eaton Burton print like Women with Parasols on Bridge will remind some of Lilian May Miller's Rain Blossom, and one like Quan Yin of Bertha Lum's The Spirit of the Sea. Taken together, however, these six designs stand largely on their own within the Shin Hanga movement, serving as great, even if less widely known, enrichment of it.