GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

Japonaiserie: Oiran (after Kesai Eisen)

September-October 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 105 x 61 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Catalogue numbers: F 373, JH 1298.

In September 1887 van Gogh copied Japanese woodcuts. He tackled three Ukiyoye (Popular) School subjects, fitting them into his own repertoire by imitating them, two by Hiroshige and one by Kesai Eisen.




© Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Krén and Daniel Marx.