Why was Vermeer forgotten, or van Gogh ignored, or Western-style painting in Japan suppressed?
Category Archive: Painting
It is time to abandon the prejudices of Ernest Fenollosa, and recognise Japanese yoga painting.
How a small group of Dutch merchants were able to bring Western influence to Japanese painting during the Edo period.
Does this catalogue/book change our understanding of van Gogh?
Even the most radical change-monger and early-adopter also seeks comfort and their security blanket at times.
This first stage of Western-style painting created religious works in the missions, and secular painted screens by established Japanese masters.
When writing for this blog is far tougher than performing a tracheotomy.
Japanese painting remained traditional during the country’s long isolation. But where are accounts of its eventual renaissance?
Consideration of landscapes as decorative backdrops, altered visions leading to fantasy, and a summary of the series.
Seurat painted five series of paintings carefully constructed to help form 3D space.
The Eclectic Light Company 