Japanese prints
Explore Vincent van Gogh's collection of Japanese prints.
Vincent van Gogh was very fond of Japanese prints, and he wasn’t alone. In the second half of the 19th century, there was huge admiration for all things Japanese. Vincent did not pay much attention to this
Very few artists in the Netherlands studied Japanese art. In Paris, by contrast, it was all the rage. So it was there that Vincent discovered the impact Japanese art was having on Europe, when he decided to modernise his own art.