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The Impact of Japanese Art. The Influence of Japanese Art on the West. “In a way all my work is founded on Japanese art….” - Vincent Van Gogh. Reasons for the Japanese Influence. 1. The Industrial Revolution. 2. The Confines of Tradition. 3. The Opening Trade w/Japan.
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The Influence of Japanese Art on the West “In a way all my work is founded on Japanese art….” - Vincent Van Gogh
4. Paris Universal Expositions 1855 1867
Paris Universal Expositions, con’t. 1878 1900
Japonaise A rage for all things Japanese An interest in Japanese culture because it was exotic & fashionable Use of Japanese names Settings Items
Le Port Chinoise(An Import Shop in Paris, France) • Opened near the Louvre Museum in 1862 • After 1st Paris Exposition & before the 2nd Expo • Sold: • fans, • hanging scrolls, • ceramics, • bronze statuary & • other items the Impressionists used as props in their paintings
Photo of Toulouse Lautrec Dressed as a Japanese Woman Examples of Japonaise Claude Monet’s Wife in Kimono
Japonaise Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado, Three Little Maids
What do you notice in Van Gogh’s Portrait? In addition to the painting, what else shows a Japonaise influence? His coat & headgear/fur cap
In addition to her dress, what else do you see that is Japonaise? Folding Screen, Folding Chair, Travel Posters, Rug, Lacquered Box, Blue Vase, Seated on Floor Cushion
Japonisme The integration of the principles of Japanese design into Western art Impressionists admired Japanese wood-block prints & applied that art form’s flat, decorative shapes, bright colors, & asymmetrical compositions to their own work. Japanese artifacts found an eager market in the growing middle class in Paris
Ukiyo-e “Images of the Floating World” • Inspired a new interest in printmaking • Impressionists created lithographs (prints made from oil-based ink designs on wet stone) & etchings (printed from designs etched into metal plates with acid) • Allowed Monet & other artists to make multiple copies of their work & reach a larger audience.
Popularity • Broadly appealing color, spontaneity, & freshness • “A blond light pervades them, & everything is gaiety, clarity, spring festivals, golden evenings or apple trees in blossom”. • “They are windows opening on the joyous countryside, on rivers full of pleasure boats stretching into the distance, on a sky which shines with light mists, on the outdoor life, panoramic & charming."
