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| Keywords: Appert Frères - Carp Vase - Walters 47384 - Profile.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Appert Frères Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan in 1854 opened the country's borders to Western commerce Within a few years Western designers and artists inspired by imported Japanese objects began to interpret nature from a new perspective Among the most innovative designers to adopt Japonisme as the phenomenon became known was Eugène Rousseau Initially he specialized in ceramics but in the late 1870s and early 1880s Rousseau produced designs for glass manufactured by Appert Frères in Clichy At the 1878 Exposition Universelle he exhibited some remarkable examples of glass produced in collaboration with the glass factory of Appert Frères In this instance the image of the carp in the swirling waters was taken from an ukiyo-e print in Hokusai's Manga a series of woodblock prints based on the artist's sketches of nature between 1878 1884 layered and engraved glass cm 18 4 accession number 47 384 1292 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters Signature E Rousseau; Inscription Paris Japonisme Japanese Influence in French Art The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; Rutgers University Art Museum New Brunswick; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1975-1976 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 Le Japonisme Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris; Musee National d' Art Occidental Tokyo 1988 place of origin Clichy Walters Art Museum license Glassware in the Walters Art Museum Japonism Carps in art Vases Eugène Rousseau Appert Frères Art of France in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
