Japonisme, a French term also used in English, refers to the influence of the arts of Japan on those of the West. The word was first used by Jules Claretie in his book L'Art Francais en 1872. The widespread interest in all things Japanese--art, furnishings, costume, etc.--blossomed after the opening of Japan to Western trade in 1853-54. Western woman began adopting Japanese fashions & portrait painters were excited by the new color & patterns these costumes presented. The color harmonies, simple designs, asymmetrical compositions, & flat forms of Japanese wood block prints strongly influenced the composition of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist art.
Edmund Charles Tarbell (American artist, 1862 – 1938) Cutting Origami
Guy Rose (American artist, 1867-1925) Blue Kimono
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) The Japanese Book 1900
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) The Kimono 1895
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) Blue Kimono 1898
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) Girl in a Japanese Kimono
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) Peonies 1897
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) Study of a Girl in a Japanese Dress
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) The Black Kimono
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) Woman in Kimono Holding a Japanese Fan
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849 - 1916) Study for Making Her Toilet 1892
Alberta Binford McCloskey (American artist, 1863 – 1911) Woman in a Kimono
Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (American artist, 1840 – 1896) The Japanese Lady
Arvid Nyholm (American artist, 1866 – 1927) Young Woman in Kimono
Helen Maria Turner (American artist, 1858 – 1958) Girl With Lantern
Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (American artist, 1858 – 1923) The Blue Mandarin Coat
Lee Lufkin Kaula (American artist, 1865 – 1957 The Green Shade
Lee Lufkin Kaula (American artist, 1865 – 1957) The Silk Kimono
Lillian Mathilde Genth (American artist, 1876-1953) Woman with a Japanese Lantern
Marguerite Stuber Pearson (American artist, 1898 – 1978) The Music Room
Susan Ricker Knox (American artist, 1874 – 1959) Japanese Tea Party
William Chadwick (American artist, 1879 – 1962) Woman in Kimono
John Hubbard Rich (American artist, 1876–1954) The Idle Hour
Guy Orlando Rose (American painter, 1867-1925) In the Oak Grove 1919
Guy Orlando Rose (American painter, 1867-1925) The Green Parasol 1911
John Hubbard Rich (American artist, 1876–1954) Portrait of a Model
Christian von Schneidau (American Artits, 1893–1976) Mood Orientale
Christian von Schneidau (American Artits, 1893–1976) Mrs Elwood Riggs 5-oclock
John Hubbard Rich (American artist, 1876–1954)
John Hubbard Rich (American artist, 1876–1954) Mabel in the Garden
Helen M. Turner (American artist, 1858-1958)
John Hubbard Rich (American artist, 1876–1954) Mme Yup See
Christian von Schneidau (American Artist, 1893–1976) Chinese Parasol
Mary Brewster Hazelton (American painter, 1868–1953) Woman with a Chinese Bowl
Rae Sloan Bredin (American painter, 1881-1933) Reverie 1915
Frederick Childe Hassam (American painter, 1859-1935) Twenty Six of June, Old Lyme
Frank H. Desch (American painter, 1873-1934) Kimono
Frederick Frieseke (American painter, 1874-1939)
Frederick Frieseke (American painter, 1874-1939) The Yellow Kimono
Irving Ramsay Wiles (American painter, 1861–1948) Brown Kimono Kathryn Beta La Forque
Isaac Henry Caliga (American painter, 1857–1934) The Pink Kimono
Marie Danforth Page (American, 1869-1940)
Alfred Stevens (American painter, 1823-1906)
Alice Pike Barney (American painter, 1857–1931) Laura at Sixteen
Frank H. Desch (American painter, 1873-1934) Blue Kimono
John Hubbard Rich (American, 1876-1954)
William Merritt Chase (American artist, 1849-1916) Weary
Elizabeth Nourse (American painter, 1859-1938) Les volets clos.
William Chadwick (American artist, 1879-1962) Kimono 1891
Henry Siddons Mowbray (American painter, 1858-1928) Idle Hours 1895
Colin Campbell Cooper (American painter, 1856-1937) Fortune Teller 1921
Frederick Childe Hassam (American painter, 1859-1935)
Charles Webster Hawthorne (American Painter, 1872-1930) Blue Kimono
Harry Humphrey Moore (American artisst, 1844- ) Geisha Playing a Samisen