Japanese Influence in Monet's Art (Satis Shroff)
(c)Paintings, beyeler fondation, basle, schweiz Nipponese Influence in Monet‘s Art (Satis Shroff) It was a beautiful day in May with just the clouds moving languidly across the sky above the Rhine Valley. You could see the Vosges beyond the vineyards of Kaiserstuhl and the Schwarzwald seemed to be receding. It was lunchtime that I arrived in the second biggest town (after Zurich) in Switzerland, namely Basle. This Swiss town has almost the same population as Freiburg. I headed straight for Minamoto: a Japanese restaurant to fortify myself.. Apero was Riesling Kung Fu Girl, followed by Salat Kaarage, which turned out to be a salad compositae, as the French call it, with baked poulet pieces in a plum vinnaigrette. Mundgerecht, as we say in German. I opted for the Minamoto Don: meat in a Japanese onion sauce with Bei Shoga ginger. I skipped the Tiramisu because my inner man doesn’t prefer it and chose Umeshu-plum wine choya. Influence of Japan: Why doe...
