Voyage d'un peintre breton au Japon : Mathurin Méheut, avril-août 1914. Rome supplemented by information on the

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Voyage d'un peintre breton au Japon : Mathurin Méheut, avril-août 1914. Rome supplemented by information on theAt the beginning of the 20th century, Mathurin Mheut worked at Paris, where Japonism and Art Nouveau reigned. He provided studies of flora and fauna corresponding to Eugne Grasset's efforts at decorative interpretation. The triumph of his exhibition at the Muse des Arts Dcoratifs was followed by the award of the "Around the World" scholarship funded by patron Albert Kahn. The artist arrived in Japan in April 1914, drawing and painting tirelessly. He