Wednesday 30 September 2009

Hokusai - Mt. Fuji Off Kanagawa (The Wave)



Hokusai (1760-1849) created "Mt. Fuji Off Kanagawa" (popularly known in the West as "The Wave") as part of his subscription series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji," completed between 1826 and 1833. This is one of the best-known Japanese woodblock prints, and with others of this period inspired the entire French Impressionist school. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903, of "Whistler's Mother" fame) was strongly influenced by the strong lines and bright colors of Japanese prints.

http://art-in-japan.blogspot.com/2008/06/mount-fuji-ukiyo-e.html

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