Japanese Bamboo II by Yamamoto Baiitsu Jan Toorop elegantly dressed figure holds two

elegantly dressed figure holds two cats with an air of casual confidence

Flowers and foliage emerge from the surface with a painterly immediacy

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Japanese Bamboo II by Yamamoto Baiitsu Jan Toorop elegantly dressed figure holds twoA companion piece in atmosphere and restraint, this composition returns to bamboo as subject with a fresh sense of arrangement. Stalks lean and layer across the vertical plane, their leaves catching an implied breeze in loose, expressive brushwork. The Nanga Literati influence is unmistakable the image values mood over documentation, suggesting rather than describing. Negative space is as active as the painted forms, and the overall effect is one of