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Study of Japanese and Chinese Art
Oscar Bluemner studied Japanese Art in the early stages of his artistic career, collecting and zealously annotating works such as Julius Kirth's Der Japanische Holzschnitt (1911), John C. Ferguson's Chinese Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1914), the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' Handbook of Chinese and Japanese Art (1919), and Otto Fischer's Chinesische Landschaftmalerei (1921). In 1917, he met Stephan Bourgeois who shared the same appreciation for Asian Art. Under Bourgeois, Bluemener's study deepened. According to Barbara Haskell, both men "welcomed its rejection of mimesis as an antidote to the socially corrupt materialism of the West, and felt that Asian artistic and spiritual principles already had begun to influence American and Europe." Bluemner was drawn initially to Asian Art's unfaithful depiction of nature, considering both Japanese and Chinese artists "truer artists than [those in the West] since they do not imitate the accidental, tangible reality."  Week 5 Assignment 

I would like to discuss the connections between Oscar Bluemner and Japanese Art. Bluemner studied Japanese art intensely and many Japanese styles shine through in his work. I suggest adding a point regarding the connections between some of Bluemner's most famous works and Japanese culture. Citations included below:

After reviewing the Oscar Bluemner page is largely missing artistic styles Bluemner was interested in and studied. I'd like to focus my particular contribution on the connections between Bluemners art and Japanese painting.

Peer review - review of Diana's addition on the Asia Society left on her talk pages.

Week 4 Assignment - Upload photo

Potential articles to tackle -

Oscar Florianus Bluemner

Mary Cassatt

Japanese art



 Week 3 Assignment - Oscar Bluemner 

Trained as an architect, Bluemner designed the the New York’s Bronx Borough Courthouse in 1904, resulting in his fame and appreciation as an architect and designer in the United States.