Biografie von HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Personal data

Birth : 1760 - , Japan
Death : 1849 - , Japan
Sex : M

Professional data

Work and Life

1823 – 1831:Series of woodblock prints known as The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
1798:He settled on landscape painting
1792:Hokusai left the establishment
1775:At nineteen, he was enrolled in the school of Katsukawa Shunsho, one of the leading woodblock artisans of the time
He took the name of Hokusai
He was adopted when he was four or five by Nakajima Ise (possibly his natural father)
His family name was Kawamura at birth

Work

Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple : Woodcut in colors
Drawing-Watercolor : Ink/paper

Subject

landscape
Daily life

Artistic periods

1830-1840 : Most typical woodblock prints, silkscreens, and landscape paintings.
1796-1802 : He produced a vast number (perhaps 30,000) of books illustrations and color prints. Inspiration from the traditions, legends and lives of the Japanese people.

Movements and styles

Japanese Prints

Works

The Waterfall where Yoshitsune washed his horse, Yoshino, Yamato Province
Date of creation : 1832
Medium : Woodcut in colors
Size : 38 x 26 cm
 
Mount Fuji in clear weather with a southerly breeze
Date of creation : 1831
Medium : Woodcut in colors
 
Priest Hua
Date of creation : 1829
Medium : Coloured inks
Size : 11 x 42 cm
 
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa
Date of creation : 1823
Medium : Woodcut in colors
Size : 10 x 15 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2004

Miniatures et enluminures
Musée Pincé – Angers, France
2004

1999

Palazzo Reale – Milan MI, Italy
1999

1993

Tobu Museum of Art – Tokyo, Japan
1993

1991

Nagoya City Art Museum – Nagoya, Japan
1991

1960

Bicentennial Exhibition of Hokusai
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art – Osaka, Japan
1960

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2002

Of Samourai and Chrysanthemums: Edo period woodblock prints and Meiji bronze sculptures
Bernam Museum of Art – Collegeville PA, United States
10/11/2002 – 12/08/2002

Down by the Sea
Ukiyo-e Society of America – Washington DC, United States
06/20/2002 – 12/15/2002

1995

Exhibition of Original Ukiyo-e Paintings
Japan Ukiyo-e Society – Tokyo, Japan
1995

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