How artists from Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi to Whistler and Arthur Wesley
Dow embraced and transformed Hokusai's dynamic style and innovations
The great painter, book illustrator and print designer Katsushika
Hokusai (1760-1849) has become the best known of all Japanese artists
and one of the most famous and influential artists in the world. He was
a key figure for the Japonisme movement in late 19th-century Europe, and
his iconic images--especially the color woodblock print nicknamed "The
Great Wave"--are frequently referred to in present-day art in both
serious and frivolous forms, from sculpture, printmaking and painting to
anime and emojis.
This book looks at Hokusai from the viewpoint of fellow artists who
incorporated lessons learned from him into their own work, including
Hokusai's own students, his contemporary rivals and his many posthumous
admirers working in a wide range of mediums, in Japan and around the
world, from the late 19th century to the present. Lavishly illustrated
and accompanied by illuminating and engaging texts, this publication
invites readers to encounter the origins and enduring appeal of
Hokusai's delightful art.
Artists include: Félix Bracquemond, John Cederquist, Arthur Wesley
Dow, Hiroshige, Sori Hishikawa, Hokkei, Hokusai, Winslow Homer, Loïs
Mailou Jones, Henri Gustave Jossot, Shun'ei Katsukawa, Shunsho
Katsukawa, Oi Katsushika, Eisen Keisai, Korin, Kuniyoshi, Paul Legrand,
Manjiro Hokuga, Ogata Korin, Odilon Redon, Henri Rivière, Hoitsu Sakai,
Hokuju Shotei, Hokushu Shunkosai, Kogan Tobari, Hokkei Totoya, Toyoharu
Utagawa, Utamasa, Édouard Vuillard, James Abbott McNeill Whistler,
Samuel Wilson and Shigenobu Yanagawa.
