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Through stylised landscapes, scenes of everyday life and fantastical visions, Hokusai laid the foundations for a modern graphic touch still found in contemporary art far beyond the Nipponese shores.
On Saturday, June 21, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the McAninch Arts Center are celebrating this summer’s must-see ...
The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through ...
In France, in Britain, and soon in America, a whole new kind of art would emerge: born in Tokyo, spanning the whole world. In “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence,” an exhibition of Japanese ...
Though insight into the history of Japanese art-making and the trajectory of Hokusai’s career can be found in any number of his works, Under the Wave off Kanagawa has continued to capture the ...
21 at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art at the College ... The exhibition also has a Japanese streetscape scene set during the Samuri time with recreations of Hokusai’s home, a woodblock print ...
1830–32). Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Katsushika Hokusai’s Japanese woodblock print colloquially known as “The Great Wave” stands as one of the most famous and ...
“I’ve always loved that combination of flat surfaces and pattern, and the composition that is so important in Japanese art,” says Campbell. Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic print, Under the ...
Katsushika Hokusai, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa ... he put together a world-class collection of Japanese and Chinese art that now numbers more than 15,000 objects. Miyagawa Choshun’s ...
For him, all Japanese art emerged from The Great Wave Off Kanagawa—everything from anime to Yoko Ono. Its influence could not be overstated. “Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration” just opened at ...