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Unclogging the eye: Matisse, the ‘Joy of life’ and ‘Japonisme’
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1222–1229
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Author:
Holland, Nicole M. (Holland, Nicole M.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Stein, Gertrude / Stein, Leo / Barnes, Albert C.
dates:
1900-1909
styles:
Fauvism
subjects:
French painting / Japanese prints / Japonisme / Collecting
works:
Matisse, Henri / Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. La Japonaise: woman beside the water, Collioure, by Henri Matisse. 1905. Oil and pencil on canvas, 35 by 28 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; Photo Scala Florence; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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2. Joy of life, by Henri Matisse. 1905–06. Oil on canvas, 176.5 by 240.7 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; Bridgeman Images; Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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3. French painter Henri Matisse at his home, villa ‘Le Rêve’, by Henri Cartier-Bresson. February 1944. Photograph. (© Henri Cartier-Bresson; Magnum Photos).
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4. Paris: les bouquinistes, le long des quais, by Yvon. c.1945. Photograph, 22.2 by 27.3 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Luxe, calme et volupté, by Henri Matisse. 1904. Oil on canvas, 98 by 112 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; RMN-Grand Palais; Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France).
Attributed works:
6. Memorial portrait of Utagawa Kunisada, by Kunisada II (Toyokuni IV). 1865. Colour woodblock print, 37.2 by 25.4 cm. (Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Goten’yama, from the series One hundred beautiful women at famous places in Edo, by Utagawa Kunisada. 1858. Ink and colour on paper, 37 by 25.1 cm. (Tokyo Metro Library).
Attributed works:
8. The dessert: harmony in red (the red room), by Henri Matisse. 1908. Oil on canvas, 180 by 220 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS London; State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Book Review
Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth- Century France, 1853–1914
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 972-973
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Reviewer:
Legé, Alice S. (Legé, Alice S.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Ennery, Paris, France
subjects:
Japonisme / Japanese art / Women / Collectors / Connoisseurs / Art market / France
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth- Century France, 1853–1914 By Elizabeth Emery. 280 pp. incl. 13 col. + 61 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, 2020), £90. ISBN 978–1–5013–4463–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Young woman holding a Japanese vase (The Japanese vase), by James Tissot. c.1870. Oil on canvas, 36.5 by 40.5 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh and Japan. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 490-492
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Reviewer:
Adler, Kathleen (Adler, Kathleen)
Subjects
art literature:
Zola, Emile / Goncourt, Edmond de / Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Hokusai, Katsushika / Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 / Eisen, Keisai
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan / National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
places:
Netherlands / Amsterdam / Japan / Tokyo
places:
Kyoto / Sapporo
subjects:
Dutch painting / Japonisme / Influence / Collecting / Meiji art, Japan / Landscapes (visual works) / Self-portraits / Japanese prints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Undergrowth with two figures, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Canvas, 49.5 by 99.7 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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2. Bridge in the rain (after Hiroshige), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 73.3 by 53.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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3. Courtesan (after Eisen), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 100.7 by 60.7 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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4. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Publication Received
Japonisme. Cultural Crossings between Japan and the West
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 429-430
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Reviewer:
Weisberg, Gabriel P. (Weisberg, Gabriel P.; Weisberg, Gabriel)
Subjects
dates:
1850-1899
places:
Japan / Europe / Western Europe
subjects:
Japonisme / Influence
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Japonisme. Cultural Crossings between Japan and the West | author: Lambourne, Lionel
Exhibition Review
Monet and Japan. Canberra and Perth
08/2001 | 1181 | 143
Pages: 521-523
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Reviewer:
Trumble, Angus (Trumble, Angus)
Subjects
artists:
Monet, Claude
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
places:
Australia / Canberra
places:
Perth (Australia)
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Japonisme
Illustrations
Attributed works:
74. Le Boulevard des Capucines, by Claude Monet. 1873. 79.4 by 59 cm. (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Exh. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
Attributed works:
75. Terrace at Sainte-Adresse, by Claude Monet. 1867. 98.1 by 129.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Exh. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
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76. Evening View of Saruwaka Street, by Utagawa Hiroshige. 1856. Colour Woodblock Print, 35.6 by 24.4 cm. (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Exh. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
Attributed works:
77. Turban-Shell Hall of the Five Hundred Rakan Temple, by Katsushika Hokusai. c.1834. 25.2 by 37.8 cm. (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Exh. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
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78. Promenade sur la falaise, by Claude Monet. 1882. 66.5 by 82.3 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Exh. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
Attributed works:
79. Yui, Satta Pass, by Utagawa Hiroshige. 1833-34. Woodblock Print, 22.6 by 35.3 cm. (Musée Claude Monet, Giverny; Exh. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
Book Review
Beardsley, Japonisme, and the Perversion of the Victorian Ideal
09/1998 | 1146 | 140
Pages: 627-628
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Reviewer:
Watanabe, Toshio (Watanabe, Toshio)
Subjects
artists:
Beardsley, Aubrey
subjects:
Drawings / Japonisme
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Beardsley, Japonisme, and the Perversion of the Victorian Ideal | author: Zatlin, Linda Gertner
Publication Received
Japonisme in Western Painting from Whistler to Matisse
09/1992 | 1074 | 134
Pages: 611
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
subjects:
Japonisme
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Japonisme in Western Painting from Whistler to Matisse | author: Berger, Klaus
Publication Received
Japonisme Comes to America: The Japanese Impact on the Graphic Arts 1876-1925
06/1991 | 1059 | 133
Pages: 396
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Reviewer:
Watanabe, Toshio (Watanabe, Toshio)
Subjects
subjects:
Japonisme
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Japonisme Comes to America: The Japanese Impact on the Graphic Arts 1876-1925 | author: Meech, Julia , author: Weisberg, Gabriel P.
Exhibition Review
Hidden Impressions: Japonisme in Vienna 1870-1930. Vienna, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst
07/1990 | 1048 | 132
Pages: 510-511
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Reviewer:
Watanabe, Toshio (Watanabe, Toshio)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Japonisme
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. Schwigen des Abends, by Kolo Moser, from Ver Sacrum 2 (1899), 25 by 25 cm. (Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna).
Non-western art unattributed:
63. Meerbrasse. Japanese, Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Coloured Woodcut from the Collection of Gustav Klimt. (Private Collection, Vienna; Exh. Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna).
Non-western art unattributed:
64. Comb. Japanese, Nineteenth Century. Gold Lacquered Wood. (Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
Japonisme. Paris, Grand Palais
07/1988 | 1024 | 130
Pages: 554-555
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Reviewer:
Watanabe, Toshio (Watanabe, Toshio)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
Grand Palais, Paris, France
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Japonisme
Illustrations
Attributed works:
82. In Front of the Mirror, by Georg Hendrik Breitner. 1893. 84.5 by 57.5 cm. (Museum Boysmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
83. Engagement Fan, by Maurice Denis. 1891. Height 30 cm. (Musée Départemental du Prieuré, Saint-Germain-en-Laye; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
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