Italo takes its passengers to the exhibition GIAPPONISMO - VENTI D'ORIENTE NELL'ARTE EUROPEA (Japanism - Eastern winds in European art) 1860-1915. The exhibition will be held in Rovigo’s Palazzo Roverella and will be open to the public until 26 January 2020. There is a special discount for Italo passengers to give them the chance to see wonderful works at a reduced price[1].
This is a way to discover Japanese decorative arts and their influence on major European artists. Indeed, starting from the 1860s, many ceramics, printings and garden furniture coming from the Empire of the Rising Sun started spreading all around Europe.
Along with masterpieces by Gauguin, Touluse Lautrec, Van Gogh, Klimt, Kolo Moser, James Ensor, Alphonse Mucha visitors will see the Japanese influence in the works of British artists Albert Moore, Sir John Lavery and Christopher Dresser; Italian artists Giuseppe De Nittis, Galileo Chini, Plinio Nomellini, Giacomo Balla, Antonio Mancini, Antonio Fontanesi and Francesco Paolo Michetti; French artists Bonnard, Paul Ranson, Maurice Denis and Emile Gallé and Belgian artists Fernand Khnopff and Henry Van De Velde.
Paul Gauguin, Fête Gloanec, 1888. Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts. Photo © François Lauginie
[1] Offer valid for Italo passengers with tickets to/from Rovigo dated max 7 days before/after the date of entrance to the exhibition