Landcape theme

This painting is not a copy but a reinterpretation of the iconic “Plum Tree Teahouse at Kameido”, originally a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiy...

Text on the reverse side:Hosting the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world, the museum buildings were designed by Ge...

The pine tree is portrayed as the focal point of the snowy landscape. Both the Japanese and Chinese regard the evergreen pine as a symbol of longev...

Text on the reverse side: The blooming of cherry blossoms is a symbol of purity. Their spectacular bloom is enjoyed by many, but for a short perio...

A waterfall depicted by Hokusai. The drops of water which make up a waterfall are renewed each second, yet persist as an entity. It reminds us to b...

The forest of Suijin used to exist by the Sumida river, and was cherished by the people as the forest of protection for the Sumida River shrine. Th...

Text on the reverse side:Monet was captivated by the fog and smoke in the city of London. “Without fog, London would not be beautiful,” he said. Mo...

Monet was captivated by the fog and smoke in the city of London. “Without fog, London would not be beautiful,” he said. Monet captured the Houses o...

Hosting the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world, the museum buildings were designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho K...

Full name of Giovanni Antonio Canal, the notable Italian painter Canaletto worked in London from 1746 to 1756 painting many of London's sights, and...

The centrepiece of the Palm House is a gigantic Jurassic cycad with a four metre wide trunk. Collected in the early 1770s, it is the oldest potted ...

Painted in 1875 by Monet, this iconic portrait is of his wife Camille and their son Jean. The strong upward perspective, he creates the dramatic ef...

Monet painted over 30 variations of the same motif, and 20 were exhibited in 1895. Art historian Paul Hayes Tucker, writes: "Monet's sensitivity to...

Monet was a passionate horticulturist and in 1893 he purchased a property near Giverny and built his water lilies garden. In 1899, he began a serie...

Monet primarily worked outdoors throughout the 1860s and 1870s. Impressionists had observed that objects in strong light lose definition. With no c...

Monet is quoted to have said: "the richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration. [...] Perhaps my originality boils down to m...

Capturing the hustle and bustle of Parisian life, the use of short and quick brushstrokes creates simply the "impression" of the city people along ...

The painting depicts the landscape seen from the bank of the Rhône, a couple minutes walk from the Yellow House where Van Gogh was living at the ti...

Buddha taught that “we are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” Th...