

Japanese art was heavily in fashion in Paris during the late 19th century, although not many Dutch artists studied the style. Initially buying a collection of prints, Van Gogh began copying these and elements of them to better understand them, and these prints are now available for free download.

He did, however, upon moving to Arles (the “ Japan of France”), become obsessed with the art style.

Thanks to the Van Gogh Museum, however, there is now a whole collection of Japanese prints once owned by the artist available for free! The Van Gogh Museum has fully digitised the artist’s collection of Japanese prints and made them available online for free! There aren’t enough free things that look nice in the world – period.
