27 agosto 2005

Japonisme - 1872 (Philippe Burty) - "to designate a new field of study of artistic, historic and ethnographic borrowings from the arts of Japan.

«Vincent van Gogh, an avid collector and admirer of Japanese artists, would have felt a kinship with Hokusai (creator of the masterful "Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji") had he known how little money Hokusai made during his lifetime.»

Learn more on how van Gogh, Manet, Whistler et al were seduced by Japanese art in

The Allure of Japanese Art,

from The Washington Post


and know that

«The Origins of L'Art Nouveau is a catalogue raisonné of an exhibition that will open in Barcelona next month (Sept. 6 until Jan. 29, 2006).»

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