Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Carp, Water Lilies, and Morning Glories

From his earliest years as a painter, Monet’s art was rooted in the direct and prolonged analysis of nature. Throughout his career, he grappled with the task of developing techniqu...

After the opening-up of Japan and the expansion of trade routes in the mid-nineteenth century, Japonisme immediately spread across Europe and America. Just as the paintings of the ...

Plants of lilies with geometric stems and flowers represented on a geometric surface (cubes) joined together to form an irregular figure. They alternate the colours white mauve and...