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| Martin Lewis Self-Portrait c1939 etching and engraving printed in brown ink on wove paper 17.8 x 12.7 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
Martin Lewis was an Australian-born American painter and printmaker best known for his representation of urban and pastoral landscapes. he artist’s work possessed an eerie quality, underscored by a subtle noir effect used to depict the city at night and occasionally urban crime.
Born in 1881 in Castlemaine, he studied at the Art Society’s School in Sydney under Julian Rossi Ashton, and English-born teacher. Lewis later worked in newspaper illustration. He moved to San Francisco, California in 1900, where he worked as a decorative stage painter for William McKinley’s Presidential campaign.
In 1920 he travelled to Japan to study traditional printmaking, returning to the United States two years later. Between 1925 and 1935 he produced some of his best-known prints. Lewis died in 1962 in New York. Today his works are represented in collections at the Brooklyn Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.
For more information on Martin Lewis, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of a 4-part series on the works of Martin Lewis:
1920-22 Japan:
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| 1920-22 A Tokyo Gateway pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Abuto no Kwannon, Tomo Bingo pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Atami pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Cliffs at Kankakei pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Farm Houses near Gotemba pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Fuji at Gotemba pencil and blue watercolour on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Fuji at Omiya-machi pencil, and orange watercolour on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Fuji from Kambara pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Fuji from Mito pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Fuji from near Omiya-machi pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Fuji under Moonlight from Fujiya Hotel, Gotemba pencil and blue watercolour on wove pape 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Higashi no Seki-mon, Kankakei pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Higashi no Seki-mon, Kankakei pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 In Ueno Park, Tokyo pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Mount Fuji pencil and watercolour on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Mountain Top at Shodoshima pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Near Atami pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Near Gotemba blue pen and ink and graphite pencil on blue inner cover of sketchbook 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Near Otome-toge pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Night Scene, Tokyo pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 On the Road to Subashiri pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 On the Way to Subashiri pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Oto Dome no toki from Roof of Yado-ya pencil, and watercolour on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Potted Plants on Shelves, Landscape in Background pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Sakasama matsu near Funatsu pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Saru-hashi pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Senjno-hashi, Tokyo pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Shofukuji, Yoshida pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Silk Mills, Shimo Yoshida, Kai pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Takahama, Iyo, Shikoku pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Tama no taki noko Gyoku junpo, Kankakei pencil on wove paper 28.6 x 24.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Tomo, Inland Sea pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-22 Under the Bridge, Senjno-hashi pencil on wove paper 24.8 x 28.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1920-25 Shoji (Mount Fuji) watercolour on cream wove paper 45.7 x 53.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| c1920 Fireworks, Tokyo oil on academy board 40.6 x 30.2 cm |
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| c1920 Fuji from Sattatoge near Okitse oil on academy on board 30.2 x 40.5 cm |
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| c1920 Village near Gotemba oil on academy board 302 x 40.5 cm |
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| c1921 Japanese Village with Mountain Background coloured pencil on paper 23.6 x 31.5 cm |
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| 1921c Kankakei Shikoku oil on canvas 33 x 40 cm |
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| 1921c Little Shrine at Gokei, Houska pencil and white chalk on paper 29 x 22.7 cm |
1925-27 Japan:
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| 1925 Fishing Boats in the Rain drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper 25.4 x 17.5 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1925 Showers on the Bay drypoint and sandpaper ground printed in brown-black ink on laid paper 20 x 30.2 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1925 The Return etching on paper 19.7 x 24.8 cm (plate) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| 1925 Trees at Gotemba, Japan drypoint 25.8 x 17.2 cm (plate) |
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| 1926 Departure of the Boats drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper 20.3 x 30.2 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1926 Homeward Bound drypoint 17.6 x 30.2 cm (plate) |
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| 1926 Rain, Japan drypoint and sandpaper ground printed in green-black ink on wove paper 17.8 x 30.2 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1926 Shadows on the Road drypoint and sand-ground 20.1 x 25.1 cm (plate) |
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| 1926 The Bridge near Nikko drypoint and sand-ground 20.1 x 25 cm (plate) |
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| 1926-27 Coast Road, Izu drypoint and sand-ground printed in black ink on laid paper 37.8 x 23.8 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1926-27 Road to Ajiro drypoint and sand-ground printed in black ink on wove paper 30.5 x 20.3 cm (plate) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1927 Clearing Rain - Evening, Japan drypoint and sand-ground on paper 37.8 x 23.8 cm (plate) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| 1927 Street Booth, Tokyo, New Year's Eve drypoint and etching printed in black ink on wove paper |