Hokusai art

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Katsushika Hokusai is one of the most well-known Japanese artists in the world. Works by Katsushika Hokusai and other artists are said to have significantly influenced Impressionists such as Monet, Manet, Renoir, and Van Gogh. Katsushika Hokusai was a highly influential figure in art around the world, but what was he like as a person?

Katsushika Hokusai | The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisoji no oku Amida-ga-taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri) | Japan | Edo period (1615–1868) | The Met Hokusai --> Arthur Wesley Dow -->O'Keefe

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) "Cranes on a Snow-covered Pine Tree" about 1834 (Tenpô 5), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Cliquer plein écran

An exhibition opening this weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago plunges into the vast archives of renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige (previously). Fantastic Landscapes brings together the vivid scenes created by the prolific printmakers through the first half of the 19th Century with a particular focus on their innovative uses ofContinue reading "‘Fantastic Landscapes’ Surveys the Vivid Use of Color in Hokusai and Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints"

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Dive into the mesmerizing world of Katsushika Hokusai paintings – a breathtaking journey through nature, life, and Japanese artistry.

In 1830 at the age of 70, Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai began a series of woodblock prints. At the time, the Tokugawa government's increasing political and moral censorship led artists to focus their work on landscapes, rather than figures, and Hokusai chose to celebrate the ancient...