Utagawa Hiroshige Gallery

Olive Orchard mid-June, 1889 (oil on canvas)

XOS3058138 Olive Orchard mid-June, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 72x92 cm; Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands; (add.info.: Vincent van Gogh painted at least 18 paintings of olive trees, mostly in Saint-RA©my-de-Provence in 1889. At his own request, he lived at an asylum there from May 1889 through May 1890 painting the gardens of the asylum and, when he had permission to venture outside its walls, nearby olive trees, cypresses and wheat fields.
This painting, 'Olive Orchard', is generally considered to have been influenced by Utagawa Hiroshige's 'Maiko Beach' (Harima, Maiko on hama), 1853, and is therefore belongs to Van Gogh's Japonaiserie paintings.); Dutch, out of copyright

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The Eight Views of Omi by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Autumnal Moon seen from Ishiyama from The Eight Views of Omi - woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1958), a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Date: circa 1835

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

1830s, 1834, 1835, Art, Artistic, Autumnal, Hiroshige, Ishiyama, Japan, Japanese, Moon, Omi, Polychrome, Ukiyo E, Utagawa, Views, Woodblock

Narumi: the local fabric Arimatsu Shibori shop, from the series 'Fifty-three

XIR423406 Narumi: the local fabric Arimatsu Shibori shop, from the series 'Fifty-three Stations on the Tokaido', c.1834-35 (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); 26.4x37.7 cm; Musees d'Angers, Angers, France; (add.info.: Narumi: le tissu local Arimatsu Shibori, serie des 'Cinquante trois relais du Tokaido'; the Tokaido was the most important road of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo (Toyko) to Kyoto; the technique of Arimatsu Shibori is to tie knots in fabric which is then dyed, leaving a pattern of dyed and undyed areas;); Japanese, out of copyright

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