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Bruce Smith traces America's interest in Japan and how that fascination came to influence the work of Charles and Henry Greene.
The allure of Japan cast a spell on the West, even before Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to trade in 1853. It was seen in art, pottery, metalwork, clothing and textiles, furniture, interior design and architecture. Bruce Smith will trace America's interest in Japan and how that fascination came to influence the work of Charles and Henry Greene. He will discuss how Japan came alive to the Greenes through Boston of the 1880s and 1890s, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Smith is the author of "Greene and Greene Masterworks" among others. He is currently working on a biographic study of Charles and Henry Greene.
The Gamble House, a National Historic Landmark, is owned by the City of Pasadena and operated by the University of Southern California and is open for public tours.
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