Paul Jacoulet

Paul Jacoulet was a woodblock print artist. Born in France and raised in Japan, Jacoulet developed a style that constituted a mixture of the traditional ukiyo-e and his own techniques. 

 

Jacoulet visited Korea many times, especially after 1929, when his mother moved there with her new husband, a Japanese physician. Like Elizabeth Keith, Jacoulet depicted a variety of Korean subjects, such as scholars, priests, beggars, mothers with their children, portraits of wealthy young Koreans, and workers like potters and farmers. He left more than 35 prints with Korean subjects. Jacoulet captured the beauty, everyday activities, and traditional and contemporary clothing of real people in Asia.