Monet & Japan

Monet never traveled to Japan, but he surrounded himself with a large collection of Japanese woodblock prints. Like many other Parisians, he first collected Japanese prints in the 1860s. He shared the European view of Japanese culture as highly artistic, shaped by refined aesthetic tastes and legendary beauty. By the 1870s, critics noted the influence of Japanese art on Monet's Impression. Monet and Japan explores how Japanese prints and paintings influenced Monet's art over six decades, affecting his style, subjects, and perception of the world. The book includes Japanese prints and paintings Monet likely saw, or works similar to them, as well as Monet's paintings of his homeland in the Seine Valley, highlighting how Japanese art shaped his vision of his world.