Katsushika Hokusai

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Kat­sushi­ka HOKUSAI (1760–1849) attend­ed the school of Kat­sukawa Shun­shō, which strong­ly influ­enced his artis­tic career. In his long, over 70-year cre­ative peri­od, he made a large num­ber of wood­cuts, but also stud­ied the paint­ing styles of many oth­er schools and Chi­nese and West­ern paint­ing. The main work of his col­ored wood­cuts was cre­at­ed from 1820.
His work includes all sub­jects of the col­or wood­cut. He cre­at­ed depic­tions of beau­ti­ful women ( bijin- ga), actor por­traits, land­scapes, depic­tions of birds and flow­ers, car­i­ca­tures, book illus­tra­tions and paint­ing pat­tern books. Among his best works are his paint­ings ( nikuhit­su-ga ), his poet­ry, cal­en­dar and New Year sheets ( suri­mono ) his sketch­books, his series on the “100 Views of Mount Fuji” and his series of “36 Views of Mount Fuji”.

Kat­sushi­ka HOKUSAI (1760–1849) attend­ed the school of Kat­sukawa Shun­shō, which strong­ly influ­enced his artis­tic career. In his long, over 70-year cre­ative peri­od, he made a large num­ber of wood­cuts, but also stud­ied the paint­ing styles of many oth­er schools and Chi­nese and West­ern paint­ing. The main work of his col­ored wood­cuts was cre­at­ed from 1820.
His work includes all sub­jects of the col­or wood­cut. He cre­at­ed depic­tions of beau­ti­ful women ( bijin- ga), actor por­traits, land­scapes, depic­tions of birds and flow­ers, car­i­ca­tures, book illus­tra­tions and paint­ing pat­tern books. Among his best works are his paint­ings ( nikuhit­su-ga ), his poet­ry, cal­en­dar and New Year sheets ( suri­mono ) his sketch­books, his series on the “100 Views of Mount Fuji” and his series of “36 Views of Mount Fuji”.

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