American Impressionists: Following Monet to the Country
Self Portait (1896), F.W. MacMonnies The charm of Impressionism was that it allowed a great deal of artistic freedom and expressivenes...
Vermeer and the Delft Style
Something "New" From the 17th Century Because of the tight loop of Japan's media and information sources, audiences her...
Ryusei Kishida: Innovation and Exploration
Kishida’s short but brilliant career When Japan opened up to the West after the Meiji Revolution, it had a lot of catching up to d...
Czartoryski Collection: East Meets West, with Leonardo in a starring role
When it comes to artistic reputations, nobody except perhaps Michelangelo ranks quite as high in the pantheon of art as Leonardo da Vinci. ...
Crossing the Line: The Vienna Secession
Fatalism (1893) by Jan Toorop Our idea of the fin de siècle avant-garde artist is of an impoverished outcast, ignored by the est...
Merzbacher Collection: Unleashing the Power of Colour
The Beak of the Eagle, La Ciotat (1907) The keynote of the exhibition at the Yasuda Kasai Museum [ ＊now renamed the Sompo Japan Muse...
Ikuo Hirayama: Seeking Solace on the Silk Road
Mount Sumeru of the Western Pure Land (2000) Ikuo Hirayama clearly represents how the Japanese like to see — and project — the...
Drawing: Graffiti Sky
While tidying up and throwing away unnecessary things, I came across a catalogue by the photographic artist Rika Noguchi, whose exhib...
Chronicle of Showa Era Erotic Gegika
Artwork by Tsutsumi Tsutsumu Back in the 1970s, Japan had something of a porn boom. Strict censorship meant that things like full fro...
Paul Klee: A Traveler Possessed by Light
Southern Coast in the Evening, 1925 Part of the game of art nowadays is for artists, whatever their influences and orientation, to avo...
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