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Book Review
Surrealism and Photography in 1930s Japan: The Impossible Avant-Garde
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 876-877
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Reviewer:
Fritsch, Lena (Fritsch, Lena)
Subjects
places:
Japan
subjects:
Surrealism / Japanese photography / Avant-garde
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Surrealism and Photography in 1930s Japan: The Impossible Avant-Garde By Jelena Stojković. 272 pp. incl. 10 col. + 44 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, London, 2020), £72. ISBN 978–1–78831–405–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Untitled, Japan Photographic Annual, by Matsubara Jūzō. 1936. Photomontage. (Courtesy of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum).
Book Review
Silent Beauty: Nordic and East Asian Interaction. Edited by Anne-Marie Pennonen and Hanne Selkokari
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 792
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Reviewer:
Bolwell, Sarah (Bolwell, Sarah)
Subjects
media:
Ceramics / Architecture / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
places:
Japan / Korea / Sweden / Finland / China
styles:
Modernism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Vase, Arabia, by Kyllikki Salmenhaara. 1959. Glazed stoneware with chamotte, height 43 cm. (Design Museum, Helsinki).
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh and Japan. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 490-492
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Reviewer:
Adler, Kathleen (Adler, Kathleen)
Subjects
art literature:
Zola, Emile / Goncourt, Edmond de / Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Hokusai, Katsushika / Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 / Eisen, Keisai
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan / National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
places:
Netherlands / Amsterdam / Japan / Tokyo
places:
Kyoto / Sapporo
subjects:
Dutch painting / Japonisme / Influence / Collecting / Meiji art, Japan / Landscapes (visual works) / Self-portraits / Japanese prints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Undergrowth with two figures, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Canvas, 49.5 by 99.7 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. Bridge in the rain (after Hiroshige), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 73.3 by 53.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
3. Courtesan (after Eisen), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 100.7 by 60.7 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
4. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Exhibition Review
Hokusai. London and Osaka
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 652-653
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Reviewer:
Forrer, Matthi (Forrer, Matthi)
Subjects
artists:
Hokusai, Katsushika
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Abeno Harukas Art Museum, Osaka, Japan
places:
Osaka / London / Japan / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Poppies blown in the wind, from an untitled series of Large Flowers, by Hokusai. c.1832 (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
57. A pair of paintings by Hokusai in sumi ink and pigments on paper. 1849. Left: A tiger in the rain (Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, Paris). Right: A dragon in the clouds (Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo); both exh. British Museum, London
Exhibition Review
Prints in Paris 1900. Amsterdam and Tokyo
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 504-505
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Reviewer:
Prins, Laura (Prins, Laura)
Subjects
artists:
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de / Bonnard, Pierre / Carabin, Francois Rupert / Vallotton, Félix Edouard / Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre / Chéret, Jules
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
places:
Tokyo / Paris / Japan / France
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Prints / French / Posters
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Moulin Rouge, La Goulue, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. 1891 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Attributed works:
70. The print and the poster, by Eugène Grasset. 1897 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
69. Leather portfolio on stand. Artist unknown. 1900 (Robert Zehil Gallery, Monte Carlo; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Exhibition Review
Julia Margaret Cameron
02/2016 | 1355 | 158
Pages: 141-142
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Reviewer:
Ford, Colin (Ford, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Cameron, Julia Margaret
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Media Space, Science Museum, London, Great Britain / Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia / Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia / Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain / Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
places:
Tokyo / Sydney / Spain / Russia / Moscow / Madrid / London / Japan / Ghent / England / Belgium / Australia
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. Henry Cole, by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1868 (Royal Society of Arts, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
71. Whisper of the muse, by Julia Margaret Cameron. April 1865 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
72. Julia Jackson, by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1867 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Exhibition Review
Félix Vallotton
01/2014 | 1330 | 156
Pages: 51-53
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
artists:
Vallotton, Félix Edouard
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Grand Palais, Paris, France / Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
museums and institutions:
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
places:
Tokyo / Paris / Netherlands / Japan / France / Amsterdam
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. The Turkish bath, by Félix Vallotton. 2017. Canvas, 130.5 by 195.5 cm. (Musées d'Art et d'Histoire de la Ville de Genève; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
66. The red room, by Félix Vallotton. 1898. Tempera on cardboard, 50 by 68.5 cm. (Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
67. The ball, by Félix Vallotton. 1899. Oil on cardboard laid down on wood, 48 by 61 cm. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Publication Received
Asian Art History in the Twenty-first Century
11/2009 | 1280 | 151
Pages: 788
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Reviewer:
Haft, Alfred (Haft, Alfred)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 2010-2019
places:
China / India / Japan
print:
Asian art
subjects:
Asian / Art history / Art market / Art theory / Indian / Chinese / Japanese / Art / Art museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Asian Art History in the Twenty-first Century | editor: Desai, Vishakha N.
Exhibition Review
Vilhelm Hammershøi
09/2008 | 1266 | 150
Pages: 624-625
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
artists:
Hammershøi, Vilhelm
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
places:
London / England / Japan / Tokyo
print:
Hammershøi, Vilhelm
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence | institution: National Museum of Western Art , institution: Royal Academy of Arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Interior with woman at piano, Strandgade 30, by Vilhelm Hammershøi. 1901. Canvas, 55.9 by 45.1 cm. (Private collection; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
52. Near Fortunen, Jægersborg Deer Park, by Vilhelm Hammershøi. 1901. Canvas, 55 by 65 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copen?hagen; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
53. Sunbeams or sunshine. Dust motes dancing in the sunbeams, by Vilhelm Hammershøi. 1900. Canvas, 70 by 59 cm. (Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Millais
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 869-870
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Reviewer:
Wilton, Andrew (Wilton, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Millais, John Everett
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Kitakyush Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan / Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
places:
London / England
places:
Amsterdam / Netherlands / Tokyo / Japan
places:
Fukuoka
print:
Millais, John Everett
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Millais | institution: Bunkamura Museum of Art , institution: Kitakyush Municipal Museum of Art , institution: Tate Britain , institution: Van Gogh Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
71. Study for ‘Christ in the house of his parents’, by John Everett Millais. c.1849. Pencil, pen, ink and wash on paper, 19 by 33.7 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
72. The fringe of the moor, by John Everett Millais. 1874. Canvas, 136 by 216 cm. (Johannesburg Art Gallery; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
73. Hearts are trumps, by John Everett Millais. 1872. Canvas, 165.7 by 219.7 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
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