Fenollosa, Ernest F.

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, (1853-1908)

• Graduated Harvard top of his class in 1874.
• Takes teaching position at Tokyo University, promoted by his fellow Salemite and friend Edward Morse.
• In 1886 was hired to serve as commissioner of fine art by the emperor and

founded the Tokyo School of Art. Fenolossa did much to encourage the Japanese to hold on to their ancient art forms, as they were being abandoned to new Western forms.

• 1980 he relocated to Boston where he was named curator of Japanese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts.
• Fenollosa died suddenly in 1908 in London at age 56. His remains were later permanently interred in his beloved Japan.

See Also

• "A passionate crusader for Japanese Art" Salem Evening News, Sept. 22, 1999.
• "Home of a national hero; Japanese pay their respects to Salem man" Salem Evening News, Aug. 12, 1991.
• Vertical File in Salem Collection - Fenollosa, Ernest.