. . The van Buuren collection, made between 1913 and 1954, is remarkable for its quality and its eclectism : French and Belgian contemporary painters, and artists of the Paris exhibition of 1925. Van Buuren was well acquainted with Foujita, a Japanese painter born in Tokyo but very impressed by the western pictorial tradition, and who had close contacts with Flemish painters. Signac, G. Braque and M. Ernst also were part of the same circle.			.
		Paul Signac, " Vase of Flowers ", watercolour, 1918. The blue-tinted vase reflects the light with a Japanese style, similar to paintings of J. Ensor. Alice was passionately interested in the flowers of her garden and influenced her husband in the choice of flowers painting. .
	Foujita, " Love ", oil, 1924. The work belongs to the italianist period of the painter.