Bertha Lum
Encyclopedia
Bertha B. Lum was an American artist known for helping to make the Japanese and Chinese woodblock print known outside of Asia.
Based on information from Gravelos & Pulin
Chronology
see "discussion re prose vs. list on comment aboveBased on information from Gravelos & Pulin
- May 1869 born Bertha Boynton Bull in Tipton, Iowa. Her father, Joseph W. Bull (1841–1923), a lawyer and her mother Harriet Ann Boynton (1842–1925) were both amateur artists.
- 1895 enrolled in the design department of the Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of ChicagoThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
. - 1990 listed her occupation as artist while living in Duluth.
- November 1901 – March 1902 studied figure drawing at the Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of ChicagoThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
. Influenced by the writings of Arthur Wesley DowArthur Wesley DowArthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, photographer, and influential arts educator....
, who used Japanese techniques in his book. - 1903 marries Burt F. Lum, a corporate lawyer from Minneapolis, Minnesota and honeymooned in Japan.
- 1903 on returning to Minneapolis, started working with woodcutting tools she had purchased in Japan.
- January 23, 1907 returned to Japan for a 14-week stay to learn how to make wood block prints.
- 1912 Lum exhibits woodcut prints in Tokyo
- 1915-16 Lum’s 4th trip to Japan
- 1919 Lum’s 5th trip to Japan
- 1922 settled in Peking, China
- 1924–1927 returned to USA living in California
- 1927 – 27 2nd stay in China
- 1928 divorced from Burt Lum
- 1933 returns to Peking
- 1935 last known print by Lum
- 1939 - 47 lives in USA
- 1948-50 lives in China
- 1953 left China to live with her daughter, Catherine, in Genoa, Italy.
- February 1954 died in Genoa, Italy.
Memberships
Based on information from Gravelos & Pulin- Asiatic Society of JapanAsiatic Society of JapanThe is a society of Japanese studies . Founded in 1872, the ASJ is Japan's oldest learned society.-Overview:The Asiatic Society of Japan was founded in 1872, five years after the Meiji restoration, at Yokohama by British and American residents - in particular missionaries, diplomats, businessmen...
- California Society of Etchers (now California Society of PrintmakersCalifornia Society of PrintmakersCalifornia Society of Printmakers is the oldest continuously operating association of printmakers and friends of printmakers in the United States. CSP is a non-profit arts organization with an international membership of print artists and supporters of the art of fine printmaking...
) - Print Makers Society of California
External links
- www.artistarchive.com A catalogue of over 160 prints, many with images.
- a site with bio and a number of prints