Zandam
About Zandam
Zaandam is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan, just north of Amsterdam.
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When Japan opened up in the 1850s to the West, all these prints started arriving, and all the impressionists were crazy about them. Monet got a real bargain in Zandam — he was in Holland for a bit, and there was a porcelain dealer there who didn't know that these Japanese prints were going to be valuable, and he wrapped all his china in them, so Monet bought some cheap china with these amazing prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige and all that.
from No Such Thing As Monet's Bog Cottons, 2024-03-14 at 00:01:25 · read transcript
Other times Zandam came up
She was arguably the most important one, because she was the one who got all the Americans really interested in it. Right. Then the Americans started buying all this stuff and then the impressionists just had loads of money and could do what they wanted. It's I found a real affinity with because I actually been to Zandam. In fact I bought a boat in Zandam and moored it there for a year. Also poor view.
522: No Such Thing As Monet's Bog Cottons, 2024-03-14 · listen
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