Vincent Van Gogh Flowering Plum Tree

July 19, 2015 | Art Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige)
1887 Fine Art Painting
Japonaiserie (English: Japanesery) was the term the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh used to express the influence of Japanese art.
Before 1854 trade with Japan was confined to a Dutch monopoly and Japanese goods imported into Europe were for the most part confined to porcelain and lacquer ware. The Convention of Kanagawa put an end to the 200 year old Japanese foreign policy of Seclusion and opened up trade between Japan and the West.
Artists such as Manet, Degas and Monet, followed by Van Gogh, began to collect the cheap colour wood-block prints called ukiyo-e prints. For a while Vincent and his brother Theo dealt in these prints and they eventually amassed hundreds of them (now housed in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Beautiful floral vintage fine art painting wall decor.

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Vincent Van Gogh Still Life With Absinthe

July 21, 2015 | Art Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Still Life With Absinthe
1887 Fine Art Painting
Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 and 1887 after he moved to Paris from the Netherlands. While in Paris, Van Gogh transformed the subjects, color and techniques that he used in creating still life paintings.
He saw the work and met the founders and key artists of Impressionism, Pointillism and other movements and began incorporating what he learned into his work. Japanese art, Ukiyo-e, and woodblock prints also influenced his approach to composition and painting.
In the 19th century, absinth was a popular drink with many, including artists like van Gogh. This still life shows a glass of absinth on a cafe table, near a bottle of water.
This beautiful vintage fine art painting features a glass of absinthe and a carafe filled with water.

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Vincent Van Gogh Three Books Print

July 29, 2015 | Art Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Still Life With Three Books
1887 Fine Art Painting
Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 and 1887 after he moved to Paris from the Netherlands. While in Paris, Van Gogh transformed the subjects, color and techniques that he used in creating still life paintings.
He saw the work and met the founders and key artists of Impressionism, Pointillism and other movements and began incorporating what he learned into his work. Japanese art, Ukiyo-e, and woodblock prints also influenced his approach to composition and painting.

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