Hokusai
Paintings and Prints
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture
| Author: | Daniel Coenn | ISBN: | 1230000149957 |
| Publisher: | Classic & Annotated | Publication: | July 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | 1 | Language: | English |
| Author: | Daniel Coenn |
| ISBN: | 1230000149957 |
| Publisher: | Classic & Annotated |
| Publication: | July 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | 1 |
| Language: | English |
Katsushika Hokusai was a brilliant artist, ukiyo-e painter and print maker, best known for his wood block print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which contain the prints The Great Wave and Fuji in Clear Weather. These prints are famous both in Japan and overseas, and have left a lasting image in the worldwide art world. Hokusai’s artistic influence has stretched to have affected the Art Nouveau style in Europe, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Hermann Obrist, all of whom have themes similar to Hokusai’s.
Katsushika Hokusai was a brilliant artist, ukiyo-e painter and print maker, best known for his wood block print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which contain the prints The Great Wave and Fuji in Clear Weather. These prints are famous both in Japan and overseas, and have left a lasting image in the worldwide art world. Hokusai’s artistic influence has stretched to have affected the Art Nouveau style in Europe, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Hermann Obrist, all of whom have themes similar to Hokusai’s.
