The Daruma Branch
1910
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hyde Gillette in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette
Accession Number
1992.13.61
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Art Historical Context
Helen Hyde's *The Daruma Branch*1910) is a captivating color woodblock print from the American Art Museum's collection gifted in memory of Mabel and Edwin Fraser Gillette. Hyde, an American artist deeply influenced by her time in Japan, mastered the traditional Japanese ukiyo-e technique, Eastern precision with Western sensibilities. This graphic arts print exemplifies her signature style: vibrant hues layered through intricate woodblock carving and printing, evoking the fleeting beauty of nature and folklore. The artwork features a full-length figure in traditional Japanese dress, likely por...
About the Artist
Helen Hyde · 1868–1919
Helen Hyde (1868–1919) was born in Lima, New York, and spent much of her childhood in California, where her family had relocated. She began her formal artistic training at the San Francisco School of Design and continued at the Art Students League in New York from 1888 to 1889. In 1890 she traveled to Europe, spending time in Berlin and subsequently in Paris from 1891 to 1894, where she became cap...