All my work is in a way founded on Japanese art... Japanese art, in decadence in its own country, takes root again among the French impressionist artists. (Vincent van Gogh)

All my work is in a way founded on Japanese art... Japanese art, in decadence in its own country, takes root again among the French impressionist artists.

Vincent van Gogh

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