biographie de HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Données professionnelles

Vie et Travail

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

Oeuvre

Genre et technique


Estampe-Multiple : Gravure sur bois couleur
Dessin-Aquarelle : Encre/papier

Sujets

Paysage
Quotidien

Périodes artistiques

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.

Mouvements et styles

Estampes japonaises

Oeuvres

The Waterfall where Yoshitsune washed his horse, Yoshino, Yamato Province
Date de création : 1832
Technique : Gravure sur bois couleur
Dimensions  : 38 x 26 cm
 
Mount Fuji in clear weather with a southerly breeze
Date de création : 1831
Technique : Gravure sur bois couleur
 
Priest Hua
Date de création : 1829
Technique : Encre couleur
Dimensions  : 11 x 42 cm
 
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa
Date de création : 1823
Technique : Gravure sur bois couleur
Dimensions  : 10 x 15 inch
 

Expositions personnelles (Sélection)

Expositions individuelles

2004

Miniatures et enluminures
Musée Pincé – Angers, France
2004

1999

Palazzo Reale – Milan MI, Italie
1999

1993

Tobu Museum of Art – Tokyo, Japon
1993

1991

Nagoya City Art Museum – Nagoya, Japon
1991

1960

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

Expositions collectives (Sélection)

Expositions collectives

2002

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

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

1995

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

Réserves Légales