Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and the Influence of Japanese Art in France

When Japan resumed trade with the western world in 1853, Europe was flooded with imported decorative and fine art objects that would come to greatly influence the aesthetics of French art and design. This presentation will explore the impact of Japanese fashion, culture, and art, especially woodblock prints, on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters in the second half of the nineteenth century. Pulling from examples by French artists such as Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and others, this talk will consider the Japanese influence on works both within and beyond the collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Andrea Morgan is the Research Associate in the department of Painting and Sculpture of Europe at the Art Institute of Chicago. She holds a PhD in Art History from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and an MA in Art History from Tufts University. Her area of research expertise includes eighteenth and nineteenth century British and French painting, provenance studies, and women artists and collectors.

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