Exhibition
Ukiyo-e and Impressionists
3 Aug 2018 – 31 Aug 2018
Regular hours
- Friday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 19:00
Cost of entry
FREE ENTRANCE
Address
- 70-72 Old St
- London
England - EC1V 9AN
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Old Street
- Old Street
Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, is one of the most significant influences on Impressionism and further developments of Western art.
About
OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 2nd August, 18:00-20:00
RSVP https://bit.ly/2JdVpVD
When Japan began international trading after 200 years of isolationist foreign policy in the mid 19th Century, ukiyo-e reached Western Europe with a great impact. Its features of flatness, dynamic composition and clear outline shook many artists such as Monet, van Gogh, Pissarro, Lautrec and Degas.
Van Gogh is not an exception, and strongly admired the techniques of Japanese artists, as he says in his letter to Theo from September 1888:
I envy the Japanese the extreme clarity that everything in their work has. It's never dull, and never appears to be done too hastily. Their work is as simple as breathing, and they do a figure with a few confident strokes with the same ease as if it was as simple as buttoning your waistcoat.
This exhibition includes original works of Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Utamaro, whose works were collected by many Western artists. Along with examples of Impressionist paintings, we will closely look into the relationship between them.
Looking forward to seeing you here.
