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Van Gogh & Japan

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Original title

Van Gogh & Japanaka

AKA

Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh & Japan

Year

2019

Running time

85 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

David Bickerstaff

Cast

Documentary

Music

Asa Bennett

Producer

Seventh Art Productions

Genre

Documentary | Painting. Biography

Movie Groups

Exhibition on Screen

Synopsis

"I envy the Japanese" Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. Though Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the most profound influence on him and his art. Through journeying from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to Van Goghs adopted home of Provence, France and eventually to Japan itself, this film provides a look at just how profound this influence proved to be. One cannot understand Van Gogh without understanding how Japanese art arrived in Paris in the middle of the 19th century and the huge impact it had on artists like Monet, Degas and, above all, Van Gogh.

Critics' reviews

"An illuminating film about Vincent van Gogh’s interest in Japanese art, and how it influenced and affected his own work (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Andrew Pulver: The Guardian

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Van Gogh & Japan

2019

David Bickerstaff

6.5

(24)