Pictures of the Floating World @floatingworlds.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890) was so influenced by Japanese Woodblock he painted an entire series called "Japanaiseries" that he used to introduce Japananese work and their creators to the West. Title: Bridge in the Rain after Hiroshige 38915
cidonnelly1 @cidonnelly.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Many years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing a fantastic exhibition of Van Gogh’s works each displayed alongside the Japanese print that had inspired it. The lines, the compositions, even the subjects were often the same. Amazing! I’ve been fascinated with ukiyo-e ever since. 330
bodhidave @bodhidave.bsky.social · 14/04/2025bsky.app/profile/bodh...bodhidave@bodhidave.bsky.socialVan Gogh was influenced by the Japanese "floating world" art of, for example, one of Hokusai's successors, Hiroshige. 010
Chris King @chrisfk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025VvG's response to at by others/ from other cultures/periods that he admired was first to study that art by faithfully copying it, as here, and then to combine those other artists' techniques with his own style, as in 'Rain, Auvers' (1890), one of his very last paintings before his tragic death. 041
