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Van Gogh & Japan / Louis van Tilborgh, Nienke Bakker, Cornelia Homburg, Tsukasa Kōdera, Chris Uhlenbeck ; with a contribution by Claire Guitton.

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Amsterdam, the Netherlands : Van Gogh Museum ; Sapporo, Japan : Hokkaidō Shinbun Press ; Brussels, Belgium : Mercatorfonds, [2018]

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Exhibitions.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Themes, motives.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Japanese influences -- Exhibitions.

Painting, Dutch -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.

Post-impressionism (Art) -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.

Ukiyoe -- Europe -- Influence -- 19th century.

9789462302204 (Van Gogh Museum)

9462302200 (Van Gogh Museum)

9789462301993 (Mercatorfonds)

9462301999 (Mercatorfonds)

9780300233261 (Yale)

0300233264 (Yale)

200 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm

Foreword -- Introduction / Louis van Tilborgh and Nienke Bakker -- The beginning of the 'Japanese dream': Van Gogh's acquaintance with Japan / Nienke Bakker -- In the light of Japan: Van Gogh's quest for happiness and a modern identity / Louis van Tilborgh -- Van Gogh's Japan: Embracing an idea / Cornelia Homburg -- After the dream: Van Gogh and Japan in his last months in Paris and Auvers-sur-Oise / Tsukasa Kōdera -- Van Gogh's Japanese prints: From dealer's stock to artist's collection / Chris Uhlenbeck -- Chronlogy: Van Gogh and Japanese art / Claire Guitton.

Vincent van Gogh's (1853-1890) encounter with Japanese ukiyo-e prints during his time in Paris was decisive for the direction that his art would take in the years to come. He enthusiastically assembled a collection of the prints with the idea of dealing in them, and soon was captivated by their colorful and cheerful imagery and style, which began to exert a dramatic influence on his own work. Gradually this enchanted world became his main artistic reference point. From then on, he positioned himself as an artist in the Japanese tradition in order to gain a reputation with the avant-garde of the day. This gorgeous publication offers a detailed reassessment of the impact Japanese printmaking had on Van Gogh's creative output. Featuring essays by the world's leading Van Gogh experts, this book details the ways in which the artist constructed his understanding of a Japanese aesthetic and his utopian ideal of a so-called primitive society, and incorporated these into his own vision and practice. The size, nature, and importance of Van Gogh's own collection of Japanese prints are also explored. Lavish illustrations include oil paintings and drawings by Van Gogh as well as a selection of the Japanese works that so captured his imagination.

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