Japonaiserie Flowering Plum Tree Van Gogh Reproduction, hand-painted in oil on canvas

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Flowering Plum Tree replica in oil on canvas

Vincent Van Gogh was renowned for his ability to blend multiple styles. By the time he left Paris, Van Gogh had painted several pieces which were heavily influenced by Impressionism and Japanese prints.

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A Tryst With Japan

‘Just think of that; isn’t it almost a new religion that these Japanese teach us, who are so simple and live in nature as if they themselves were flowers?’

This is what Van Gogh said in one of his letters to his brother Theo, with whom he used to stay in Paris. Japanese art to Van Gogh was nothing less than a sugar cube to an ant. He was deeply influenced by and attracted to Japanese woodblock prints. So much so that he would buy Japanese prints by the dozen to take back home to admire while he studied their composition and colours.

Van Gogh also seemed to have an affinity to Utagawa Hiroshige’s art and ended up reproducing two of his prints (Plum Park in Kameido and Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ōhashi and Atake) with a signature Van Gogh twist. Van Gogh’s reproduction of Plum Park in Kameido eventually ended up being known as Flowering Plum Orchard or Flowering Plum Tree.

Art Knows No Meaning

Except for the colours used, Van Gogh made a near exact replica of Plum Park in Kameido. As with his other Japanese print copies, he maintained the proportions of the block print and filled up the borders with Japanese characters.

He copied the words seen on another Japanese print, The Courtesan Nishikigi, without realising that he was painting the name of the courtesan, the name of the brothel she was working in, and the name of Tokyo’s red light district.
 

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