This exhibition of 10 works on paper demonstrates the impact Japanese color woodblock prints had on Western printmaking in the late 19th century. Examples by Hiroshige, Sharaku and Utamaro show influences on composition, such as flattened space, high horizon line and abstract patterning, and subject matter. The exhibit showcases woodcuts, lithographs and etchings by the French, Dutch and American expatriate artists James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Riviere and Vincent Van Gogh. The exhibition features Henri Riviere’s color woodblock print, Funeral with Umbrellas, a recent acquisition that vividly exemplifies the assimilation of Japanese techniques into French printmaking. On view in Gallery 321 at the St. Louis Art Museum, in Forest Park.

The Albrecht-Kemper houses one of the Midwest's finest collections of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century art. It includes more than 3,000 pieces. Art classes are offered. Cafe lunch is available Wed.-Thu., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Meeting and dining facilities available.

Admission: $5; age 60+, $2; younger than 19, $1