{"id":5335,"date":"2023-06-19T16:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/claude-monet-giverny.fr\/?page_id=5335"},"modified":"2023-11-21T10:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:15:50","slug":"les-estampes-japonaises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/decouvrir\/les-estampes-japonaises\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese prints"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Claude Monet\u2019s collection features 46 prints by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), 23 by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and 48 by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), totalling 117 of the 211 on display, with another 32 in storage.<\/p>\n

Monet\u2019s passion for Japan led him to unexpectedly introduce various Japanese touches within the utterly unique world he created at Giverny. The features he borrowed from the Japanese art of gardens can be seen in the layout of the pond, which he transformed into a stunning \u2018water garden\u2019 (vegetation elements, water lily flowers, etc.). And the bridge spanning this expanse of floral water is reminiscent of the Japanese bridges often depicted in Japanese prints. This illustrates how much the artist shared the vision of ukiyo-e great masters and how familiar he was with their \u2018floating world\u2019.<\/p>\n

Monet studied those Japanese prints intensely – in as much detail as the feminine faces carved by Utamaro – and he loved them so much he built an amazing collection and displayed them on the walls of his Giverny home. He chose to live surrounded by the outstanding creations of Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro and others. Whether in his garden or in his house, Monet was \u2018living in Japan\u2019 in Normandy! While the painter of \u2018Impression, Sunrise\u2019 never lived in the Land of the Rising Sun, he happily hosted and became friends with visiting Japanese buyers and collectors. This led to letters being written and prints posted to further grow his lovingly-built collection displayed at Giverny for the enjoyment of his guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While all of Monet\u2019s artworks at Giverny have been moved to Mus\u00e9e Marmottan Monet, fans of art will be happy to know they can still see the artist\u2019s collection of Japanese prints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4712,"parent":5315,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-mediation.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5335","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5337,"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5335\/revisions\/5337"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudemonetgiverny.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}