JUDE Elisabeth, Hélène and Patrick.
Journey of a Breton painter to Japan: Mathurin Méheut, April-August 1914.
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| N° d'inventaire | 30468 |
| Format | 24 X 30.5 |
| Détails | 124 p., ill. in B/W and in color, bound under dust jacket. |
| Publication | Rennes, 2004 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782737335648 |
At the beginning of the 20th century, Mathurin Méheut worked at
Paris, where Japonism and Art Nouveau reigned. He provided studies of flora and fauna corresponding to Eugène Grasset's efforts at decorative interpretation.
The triumph of his exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was followed by the award of the "Around the World" scholarship funded by patron Albert Kahn. The artist arrived in Japan in April 1914, drawing and painting tirelessly. He was helped by the great industrialist
Katsutarô Inabata and the painter Takeshirô Kanokogui. Méheut left Japan as soon as general mobilization was proclaimed. The influence of his stay in Japan on his work was felt until his death in 1958. Two of the authors, great-granddaughters of Mathurin Méheut, traveled to Japan in the footsteps of their ancestor in order to precisely identify and see the places where the artist had worked and carried out ethnographic work at the beginning of the Taishô period. In search of the Japan of 1914, they found the descendants of Inabata and Kanokogui, photographed and wrote a travel diary during their journey through present-day Japan.
Paris, where Japonism and Art Nouveau reigned. He provided studies of flora and fauna corresponding to Eugène Grasset's efforts at decorative interpretation.
The triumph of his exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was followed by the award of the "Around the World" scholarship funded by patron Albert Kahn. The artist arrived in Japan in April 1914, drawing and painting tirelessly. He was helped by the great industrialist
Katsutarô Inabata and the painter Takeshirô Kanokogui. Méheut left Japan as soon as general mobilization was proclaimed. The influence of his stay in Japan on his work was felt until his death in 1958. Two of the authors, great-granddaughters of Mathurin Méheut, traveled to Japan in the footsteps of their ancestor in order to precisely identify and see the places where the artist had worked and carried out ethnographic work at the beginning of the Taishô period. In search of the Japan of 1914, they found the descendants of Inabata and Kanokogui, photographed and wrote a travel diary during their journey through present-day Japan.
Paris, where Japonism and Art Nouveau reigned. He provided studies of flora and fauna corresponding to Eugène Grasset's efforts at decorative interpretation.
The triumph of his exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was followed by the award of the "Around the World" scholarship funded by patron Albert Kahn. The artist arrived in Japan in April 1914, drawing and painting tirelessly. He was helped by the great industrialist
Katsutarô Inabata and the painter Takeshirô Kanokogui. Méheut left Japan as soon as general mobilization was proclaimed. The influence of his stay in Japan on his work was felt until his death in 1958. Two of the authors, great-granddaughters of Mathurin Méheut, traveled to Japan in the footsteps of their ancestor in order to precisely identify and see the places where the artist had worked and carried out ethnographic work at the beginning of the Taishô period. In search of the Japan of 1914, they found the descendants of Inabata and Kanokogui, photographed and wrote a travel diary during their journey through present-day Japan.