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Jana Zilova

20130107164241-utagawahiroshige The Art of Dreaming   Pick-button
by Jana Zilova
Utagawa Hiroshige at Pinacothèque 1 October 3rd, 2012 - March 17th
Posted 1/6/13

The International Exhibition of 1867 in Paris was the first time Japanese art had been presented to the French public. This instigated a remarkably fruitful relationship between traditional Japanese landscape etching and the nascent Impressionist movement. Philippe Burty, an art critic at the time, coined the term ‘Japonisme’. This exhibition at the Pinacothèque was ambitiously conceived, for two reasons. Firstly, it presents for the first time in France an extensive exhibition of Utagawa Hi... [more]

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