Exhibition: A Passionate Eye for Japanese Art. Japonisme in Emile Gallé’s Work Date: 3 April 2017 – 31 March 2018 Venue: Kitazawa Museum of Art During the end of the 19th century, Western Europe experienced a great rebirth and reinvigoration in decorative arts, with a focus on the imitation of nature. In fact, in the 1860s, vital scientific works (by Haeckel, Kommode, Blossfeldt, etc.) were published, offering the new art a repertoire of forms, and directing it towards a path of modernity. At the same time, a taste for Japanese art started to develop, seen through personalities such as Hayashi Tadamasa, an art dealer, who set up residence in France,…