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- The shin hanga movement also included artists like Kotondo Torii (b. 1897) [54] and Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1898-1948) [55], who made prints of beautiful women which rivalled those of Shinsui. Two others, Ishiwata Koitsu (b. 1897) and Kasamatsu Shiro (b. 1898) [61], made excellent atmospheric landscapes. In addition, Koson, or Shoson (1877-1945) [69] worked from sketches to create some fine prints of birds and flowers.
At the turn of the century, some Westerners went to Japan to study traditional printmaking. Of these, the most important were the English artist, Elizabeth Keith (1887-?), who made several prints based on her tours of China and Korea, and the French artist, Paul Jacoulet (19027-60) [71], who published some fine studies of Oriental women and landscapes from Asia and the South Pacific.
A skilled Japanese print artist named Mokuchu Urushibara (1888-1953) [72] travelled to
appris � se servir de formes peu usuelles dans ses tableaux, la forme de l��ventail par exemple. L�estampe a �galement inspir� Gauguin � ressusciter l�estampe en couleur que les Europ�ens avaient abandonn�e depuis des si�cles. Il �tait convaincu que la tradition orientale pouvait insouffler de vie nouvelle l�art de l�impression en couleurs dans l�Ouest. Van Gogh a vu dans les estampes de Hiroshige le potentiel d�coratif des couleurs plus claires et la puissance expressive des grands espaces monochromes. Il a m�me fait des copies directes de certaines estampes de Hiroshige. Toulouse-Lautrec a profond�ment subi l�influence des th�mes ukiyo-e, et a commenc� lui aussi � peindre des sc�nes os�es du demi-monde parisien: le th��tre, le cirque, le cabaret et les prostitu�es. Cette influence est remarquable dans ses litho�graphies aussi bien que dans ses tableaux. Plus que tout autre artiste occidental de l��poque, Toulouse-Lautrec incarnait le v�ritable esprit ukiyo-e.
G b Van Gogh painting / Tableau de Van Gogh
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