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Girl in a White Kimono (Dutch: Meisje in witte kimono) is an 1894 oil painting by George Hendrik Breitner. [1] The subject of the painting is the sixteen-year-old Geesje Kwak, of whom Breitner made a series of photographs and paintings wearing red and white kimonos. [2]
La Japonaise is an 1876 oil painting by the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet.Painted on a 231.8 cm × 142.3 cm (91 + 1 ⁄ 4 in × 56 in) canvas, the full-length portrait depicts a European woman in a red uchikake kimono standing in front of a wall decorated by Japanese fans.
The use of bold colours and intricate designs spurred on by technological advancements can also be seen in the clothing of infants and young children represented in the Collection, including a boy's kimono and under-kimono set decorated with cranes and pine trees, and a girl's set that combines a deep blue outer-kimono with a bright red under ...
Photograph of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing, taken in Osaka, Japan. There are typically two types of clothing worn in Japan: traditional clothing known as Japanese clothing (和服, wafuku), including the national dress of Japan, the kimono, and Western clothing (洋服, yōfuku) which encompasses all else not recognised as either national dress or the dress of another country.
A young woman modelling a jūnihitoe. The jūnihitoe (十二単, lit. ' twelve layers '), more formally known as the itsutsuginu-karaginu-mo (五衣唐衣裳), is a style of formal court dress first worn in the Heian period by noble women and ladies-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial Court.
Her Meditation, Child in a Kimono, and Young Girl with an Orange vibrantly illustrate the distinct changes that occurred in her work during her stay in Japan. Unlike her earlier works, these compositions draw on uniquely eastern subject matter and show a strong influence of the clean lines from Japanese prints.
Shopping for short-girl friendly jeans and coats is one. ... drawing the eye up to give the appearance of height. As this 5’2” buyer writes, “Hugs in all the right places and is very ...
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