April 23, 2024
Temple of Heaven Peking Katharine Jowett 1925 print
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The Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) - Peking Katharine Jowett Signed 1925 print Artist: Katharine Jowett (British: ca. 1890 - 1965) Year: about 1925 Medium: color linocut Dimensions: 8-3/4 x 5-13/16" image size Signature: pencil, lower right Edition Size: unnumbered from an edition of around 100 - 200 Annotations: on sheet below print: pencil title Paper: soft antique-white wove Publisher: artist Sells for $1000+ elsew The Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) in south Peking was probably the most stunning piece of architecture. It was designed and built in the Ming dynasty, but was destroyed by fire in 1889 and rebuilt Katharine Jowett was an English artist best known for her luminous color block prints of Chinese landscapes around the Peking/Beijing area. Born in Devon around 1890 into a religious family, her father was Reverend Timothy Wheatley, minister at the Mint Methodist Church in Exeter. In her early twenties, Katharine followed a Methodist missionary, with whom she was in love, to China, but found on arrival in Peking that she did not want to marry him after all. Instead, she married Hardy Jowett, a prominent member of the British community in Peking, by whom she had two sons. Most of Katharine Jowett's prints depict temples and other famous landmarks in and around the Peking area. She carved and printed her own designs, using
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