VAN GOGH LANDSCAPES

Van Gogh was infatuated with a vision of Japanese art. He experienced this mainly from Japanese woodblock prints which became widely available in Europe after Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to open with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854 after abt 250 years of seclusion. ...................Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) is often mentioned as one of the best examples of Japonism, ...

Van Gogh was infatuated with a vision of Japanese art. He experienced this mainly from Japanese woodblock prints which became widely available in Europe after Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to open with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854 after abt 250 years of seclusion. ...................Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) is often mentioned as one of the best examples of Japonism, ...