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French Impressionism meets Japanese colour woodblock printing
Monet – Cézanne – Matisse. The Scharf Collection
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Utagawa Hiroshige, Abendregen an der Shin-O-hashi-Brücke und Atake, aus der Serie 100 Ansichten berühmter Orte Edos, 1857 © The Scharf Collection, Foto: David le Viseur
This tour focuses on the influence of Japanese art on French Impressionism. After the World’s Fairs in Vienna and Paris in the 1870s, a veritable Japan fever spread throughout Europe—in particular, the motifs and compositions of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) influenced French Impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, and Bonnard.
The tour will be led by Nana Tazuke-Steiniger, M.A. Her research focuses on the history of collecting and exhibiting Japanese art in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in the context of foreign relations between Germany and Japan.