Japonaiserie after Hiroshige

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Japonaiserie after Hiroshige: Vincent van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh Oil Painting - Japonaiserie after Hiroshige

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Work Overview: Japonaiserie: Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige)
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1887; Paris, France *
Style: Japonism
Genre: landscape
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm
Location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

In the mid-19th century Japan opened itself to trade, making Japanese art available to the west.[24] The works of Japanese print makers, Hiroshige and Hokusai greatly influenced Van Gogh, both for the beautiful subject matter and the style of flat patterns of colors, without shadow. Van Gogh collected hundreds of Japanese prints and likened the works of the great Japanese artists, like Hiroshige, to those of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer. Van Gogh explored the various influences, molding them into a style that was uniquely his own.[25] The Japanese paintings represent Van Gogh's search for serenity, which he describes in a letter to his sister during this period, "Having as much of this serenity as possible, even though one knows little – nothing – for certain, is perhaps a better remedy for all diseases than all the things that are sold at the chemist's shop."[3][26]

Hiroshige, one of the last great masters of Ukiyo-e, was well known for series of prints of famous Japanese landmarks.[27]

The Flowering Plum Tree is believed to be the first of three oil paintings made by Van Gogh of Utagawa Hiroshige's Japanese woodblock prints. He used color to emulate the effect of the printer's ink, such as the red and greens in the background and the tint of green on the white blossoms. After her moved to Arles, Van Gogh wrote to his sister that he no longer needed to dream of going to Japan, "because I am always telling myself that here I am in Japan."

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