Monet Gauguin Van Gogh Japanese Inspi

JapaneseartisoffundamentalimportanceforthedevelopmentofmodernartinEurope.Nearlyallofthegreatnineteenth-centurymasters-fromEdgarDegas,?douardManet,ClaudeMonet,PaulGauguinandVincentvanGoghtoPierreBonnard,HenrideToulouse-Lautrecand?douardVuillard-embracedthecharmofJapanesepictorialmotifsandstylisticdevices,developingthemintheirownwork.EvenHenriMatisseandPabloPicassoexpressedenduringinterestinJapanwellintothetwentiethcentury.Monet,Gauguin,VanGoghJapaneseInspirationsexploresthemostfascinatingchaptersofFrenchartinthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcentury,inthephenomenonknownasJaponisme.Thecatalogueandtheexhibitionitaccompaniesfocusontheperiodbetween1860and1910,theheydayofthecrazeforJapaneseartinFrance.AlongsidepaintingsandprintsbyartistsactiveinFrancesuchasPaulGauguin,VincentvanGoghandClaudeMonet,thevolumeshowcasesanextensiveselectionofJapanesecolorwoodcutprintsbyUtagawaHiroshige,KatsushikaHokusai,KitagawaUtamaroandothers.JapaneseartifactsarelikewisejuxtaposedwithworksbyFrenchartistssuchasFélixBracquemond,JeanCarrièsand?mileGallé,inspiringadialoguebetweenworksrarelyconsideredintandem.Featuringessaysbywell-knownauthorsaswellasyoungerscholars,thiscomprehensivelyillustratedcatalogueshedslightonthemostimportantaspectsofthisformativeepochandtheproductiveexplorationofJapanembarkeduponbyartistslivingandworkinginFrance.