Self portrait, Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) was a gay French, Japan-based woodblock print artist known for a style that mixed the traditional ukiyo-e style and techniques developed by the artist himself. 21" x 17-1/2" Black silk mat with gold fillet, museum glass and 1 1/2" burl wood frame. Outside frame dimensions 24" x 20". Hand pencil signed and with one of his famous different chop marks.


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Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) was a French, Japan-based woodblock print artist known for a style that mixed the traditional ukiyo-e style and techniques developed by the artist himself.
Jacoulet was born in Paris in 1896 and lived in Japan for most of his life. During World War II, he moved to Karuizawa, where he survived in the countryside by growing vegetables and raising poultry. During the occupation, at the request of General Douglas MacArthur, he was recruited by Commandant Charles McDowell to work at the Tokyo Army College. MacArthur would join Greta Garbo, Pope Pius XII and Queen Elizabeth II, as a prominent collector of Jacoulet's work.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.