Lea Baten

Lea Baten (?-2005), an international authority on the dolls, folk toys, and games of Japan, wrote three books and numerous articles on the subject, and contributed the section on Japanese ornamental dolls to the prestigious 34-volume Grove/Macmillan Dictionary of Art. She studied painting and art history at the Academie des Beaux Arts, Brussels, and was responsible for organising many remarkable exhibitions on various Asian and other arts during her 13-year tenure as vice-president of the...See more

Lea Baten (?-2005), an international authority on the dolls, folk toys, and games of Japan, wrote three books and numerous articles on the subject, and contributed the section on Japanese ornamental dolls to the prestigious 34-volume Grove/Macmillan Dictionary of Art. She studied painting and art history at the Academie des Beaux Arts, Brussels, and was responsible for organising many remarkable exhibitions on various Asian and other arts during her 13-year tenure as vice-president of the Cultural Centre of the Abbey of Affligem, Belgium s oldest Benedictine Abbey." See less