"Japonisme in American Graphic Art, 1880–1920" Exhibition
Brooklyn Museum
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Japonisme in American Graphic Art, 1880–1920 explores the myriad manifestations of Japonisme in a selection of rarely seen American works on paper from the Brooklyn Museum’s permanent collection. Concurrent with the so-called “Japan craze” in America was a renewed interest in graphic arts: as watercolor, pastel, etching, and other graphic media came to be appreciated for their artistry and expressivity, they also reflected the impact of Japanese art. Color woodcuts by late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century masters such Hiroshige, Hokusai, and Kuniyoshi were avidly collected in the West and served as particularly influential models of stylistic and technical innovation for American artists.
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Schedule
from April 16, 2008 to October 12, 2008
Artist(s)
Bertha Lum, Mary Cassatt, James Abbott McNeill Whistler et al.