Schaap, Robert
Robert Schaap was trained as an industrial designer and later received a British Council Scholarship Award to study graphic design at Hornsey College of Art in London. As a graphic designer he has focused on books relating to Japanese prints for some fifteen years, and over the last twenty-five years he has been collecting Japanese prints and paintings. He is a member of the Board of the Society for Japanese Arts and serves as Editor of the Society’s journal 'Andon'. Over the years he has written numerous articles and reviews on various aspects of Japanese prints, and has (co)-organized several exhibitions on Japanese prints like 'Beauty & Violence. Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892' and 'Heroes & Ghosts. Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861' and was the main author of their accompanying catalogues.
Reigle Newland, Amy
Amy Reigle Newland has worked as a specialist editor and writer on Japanese woodblock prints for some fifteen years, with a particular interest in works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In either and editorial and/or authorial role, her publications include 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period' (2005), 'Printed to Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection' (2004), 'A Courtesan’s Day: Hour by Hour' (2004), 'The Commercial and Cultural Climate of Japanese Printmaking' (2004), 'Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints' (2003), 'Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945' (2001), 'Time Present and Time Past: Images of a Forgotten Master – Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900' (1999), 'Heroes & Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1797-1861' (1998), and 'The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection' (1993). 'The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints' (2005) is her most ambitious project to date, one which was coordinated from her home in rural New Zealand.
Perrée, Jan
Jan Perrée (?-2004) was an architect and a long time collector of Japanese prints.
Amy Reigle Newland has worked as a specialist editor and writer on Japanese woodblock prints for some fifteen years, with a particular interest in works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In either and editorial and/or authorial role, her publications include Japanese Erotic Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period (2005), Printed to Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection (2004), A Courtesan’s Day: Hour by Hour (2004), The Commercial and Cultural Climate of Japanese Printmaking (2004), Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints (2003), Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945 (2001), Time Present and Time Past: Images of a Forgotten Master – Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 (1999), Heroes & Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1797-1861 (1998), and The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection (1993). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints (2005) is her most ambitious project to date, one which was coordinated from her home in rural New Zealand.
Robert Schaap was trained as an industrial designer and later received a British Council Scholarship Award to study graphic design at Hornsey College of Art in London. As a graphic designer he has focused on books relating to Japanese prints for some fifteen years, and over the last twenty-five years he has been collecting Japanese prints and paintings. He is a member of the Board of the Society for Japanese Arts and serves as Editor of the Society’s journal Andon. Over the years he has written numerous articles and reviews on various aspects of Japanese prints, and has (co)-organized several exhibitions on Japanese prints like Beauty & Violence. Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892 and Heroes & Ghosts. Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861 and was the main author of their accompanying catalogues.
Jan Perrée (?-2004) was an architect and a long time collector of Japanese prints.
