Dansende Japanse vrouw

About this artwork

**Dansende Japanse vrouw (Dancing Japanese Woman)***By Lucien Pissarro, 1911, wood engraving 72 × 62 × 60 mm* Lucien Pissarro, son of Impressionist master Camille Pissarro, created this delicate wood engraving in 1911, capturing a graceful dancing figure inspired by Japanese aesthetics. Born in 1863, Lucien embraced Neo-Impressionism and Pointillism early in his career before turning to printmaking. This small-scale work reflects the widespread Japonisme fascination among European artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where ukiyo-e prints influenced Western styles with their bold lines, flattened perspectives, and elegant forms. Wood engraving, a precise intaglio technique using end-grain wood blocks, allowed Pissarro to achieve intricate details in this compact format—ideal for intimate collector's items or book illustrations. The piece bears the collector's mark Lugt 2228, signaling its provenance from a discerning European collection, underscoring its value in early modernist print circles. Though modest in size, it exemplifies Pissarro's skill in blending Eastern motifs with Western precision, bridging cultures at a time when global artistic exchanges were blooming. Visitors, imagine this tiny treasure evoking the fluid motion of a geisha's dance— a snapshot of cross-cultural creativity that continues to enchant. (198 words)