Beisen Kubota
Japanese painter, 1852–1906
Person TypeIndividual
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American painter and graphic artist, 1867–1933
American illustrator, 1856–1915
American wood engraver, 1858–1940
English painter and designer, 1821–1893
Beisen Kubota
BiographyAn accomplished painter, journalist, and newspaper artist, Kubota traveled to the United States for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago as an artist-reporter for a Japanese newspaper. He visited Philadelphia in October 1893, where he lectured and demonstrated his technique at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, where Robert Henri taught. He visited Henri's studio. Henri and John Sloan practiced his technique for a while, carrying around brushes and small pots of ink to make quick, on-the-spot sketches.
