Annie Shepley Omori was an American artist, activist, and translator.
Education
She studied art in New York under Harry Siddons Mowbray and in Paris at Académie Julian under Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Lucien Simon. Shepley studied art under Harry Siddons Mowbray in New New York In Paris, she studied at Académie Julian under Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Lucien Simon.
Career
Foreign the first fifty years of her life, she produced work under her maiden name, Annie Barrows Shepley. They were leaders in the ese playground movement. Hyozo Omori died in 1913, and Shepley continued running the center.
She also translated Diaries of Court Ladies of Old with Kochi Doi in 1920.
Two paintings were exhibited the at the 1893 Chicago World"s Fair and Exposition: Work and Play and The Wonderful Story. Other paintings that were representative of her work were Portrait of "s Niece (Rosamund Sargeant) and Portrait of a Young Woman.
Portrait and Study of a Head were exhibited at the annual Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition held from December 1896 through February 1897. At that time, she lived at 96 Fifth Avenue in New York City.
She exhibited a painting entitled Echo in 1897 at the Art Club of Philadelphia.
He came to the United States as a Young Men’s Christian Association exchange student who studied in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1908, after his return to, he introduced basketball to the country. lieutenant also offered courses in sewing, flower arranging, cooking, and crafts as well as mother"s meetings and opportunities for people to speak English.
Initially, they met resistance because of their co-educational programs, the fact that the Omoris were Christian, and that they broke down well-established class barriers.
In 1913, after her husband"s death Shepley continued running Yurin En, becoming a leader in the ese playground movement. She translated Diaries of Court Ladies of Old in 1920.
The book, published with Kochi Doi, combined a translation of The Diary of Lady Murasaki with that of Izumi Shikibu (The Izumi Shikibu nikki) and of the Sarashina nikki. Their translation had an introduction by Amy Lowell.
A more recent English translation was published by Richard Bowring in 1982.
She was decorated by the ese government for her heroic service during the 1922 earthquake. She died in 1943, during World World War World War II
Views
Hyozo Omori became dedicated to welfare work and Shepley was described as someone "with delicate refinement, high idealism, and scholarly outlook, she found all the elements of happiness." In Tokyo, they established a community center, Yurin En (House of the Friendly Neighbor) which offered drama lessons and a playground for children.