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A curator’s crucial perspective on Hong Kong’s burgeoning art scene in the 1980s and 1990s – The Art Newspaper

For a city as iconic in the global imaginary as Hong Kong, there are surprisingly few broad histories…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Asianart #Books #Design #Entertainment #HongKong #Politics #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/755497/

A curator’s crucial perspective on Hong Kong’s burgeoning art scene in the 1980s and 1990s – The Art Newspaper

For a city as iconic in the global imaginary as Hong Kong, there are surprisingly few broad histories…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Asianart #Books #Design #Entertainment #HongKong #Politics #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/755497/

Unknown South/Southeast Asian artist, “Sonam Tsemo and His Lineage,” early 17th century, mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth, 31 x 26 1/2 in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). #arthistory #art #asianart

Unknown South/Southeast Asian artist, “Sonam Tsemo and His Lineage,” early 17th century, mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth, 31 x 26 1/2 in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). #arthistory #art #asianart

Unknown South/Southeast Asian artist, “Sonam Tsemo and His Lineage,” early 17th century, mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth, 31 x 26 1/2 in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). #arthistory #art #asianart

Unknown South/Southeast Asian artist, “Sonam Tsemo and His Lineage,” early 17th century, mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth, 31 x 26 1/2 in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). #arthistory #art #asianart

Unknown South/Southeast Asian artist, “Sonam Tsemo and His Lineage,” early 17th century, mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth, 31 x 26 1/2 in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). #arthistory #art #asianart

https://www.europesays.com/ch/106442/ Hong Kong City Guide: Art Basel & Cultural Highlights 2019 #ArtBasel #ArtGalleries #AsianArt #Basel #CulturalDistrict #CulturalTourism #HongKong #HongKongTravel #kowloon #RosewoodHongKong #TravelGuide #VictoriaHarbour

"Hatsune Riding Ground," Hiroshige, 1856.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the last great master of the ukiyo-e print, an art style that focused on life in urban pleasure districts, often with portraits of beautiful women or famous actors. Hiroshige was somewhat daring in choosing to do a series of landscapes around his home in the city of Edo, now known as Tokyo.

Here we have the Hatsune area, at the city's northern edge, mostly dedicated to lodging visitors. The tower is one of a number of fire watchtowers around the city, and the huge bolts of cloth are not triumphal banners, but simply freshly dyed textiles hung out to dry. The overall effect is of a typical day in the city, a different approach for ukiyo-e.

This is part of a series of woodcuts called "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" and can be found online. They're at all times of the day and the year, at all occasions, but provide a fascinating glimpse into 19th century Japanese life.

His work was a huge influence on Western artists like Van Gogh and the Impressionists, and his work is still loved today in Japan.

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Hiroshige #Ukiyo_e #Edo #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #Woodcut

"Hatsune Riding Ground," Hiroshige, 1856.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the last great master of the ukiyo-e print, an art style that focused on life in urban pleasure districts, often with portraits of beautiful women or famous actors. Hiroshige was somewhat daring in choosing to do a series of landscapes around his home in the city of Edo, now known as Tokyo.

Here we have the Hatsune area, at the city's northern edge, mostly dedicated to lodging visitors. The tower is one of a number of fire watchtowers around the city, and the huge bolts of cloth are not triumphal banners, but simply freshly dyed textiles hung out to dry. The overall effect is of a typical day in the city, a different approach for ukiyo-e.

This is part of a series of woodcuts called "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" and can be found online. They're at all times of the day and the year, at all occasions, but provide a fascinating glimpse into 19th century Japanese life.

His work was a huge influence on Western artists like Van Gogh and the Impressionists, and his work is still loved today in Japan.

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Hiroshige #Ukiyo_e #Edo #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #Woodcut

"Hatsune Riding Ground," Hiroshige, 1856.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the last great master of the ukiyo-e print, an art style that focused on life in urban pleasure districts, often with portraits of beautiful women or famous actors. Hiroshige was somewhat daring in choosing to do a series of landscapes around his home in the city of Edo, now known as Tokyo.

Here we have the Hatsune area, at the city's northern edge, mostly dedicated to lodging visitors. The tower is one of a number of fire watchtowers around the city, and the huge bolts of cloth are not triumphal banners, but simply freshly dyed textiles hung out to dry. The overall effect is of a typical day in the city, a different approach for ukiyo-e.

This is part of a series of woodcuts called "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" and can be found online. They're at all times of the day and the year, at all occasions, but provide a fascinating glimpse into 19th century Japanese life.

His work was a huge influence on Western artists like Van Gogh and the Impressionists, and his work is still loved today in Japan.

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Hiroshige #Ukiyo_e #Edo #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #Woodcut

"Hatsune Riding Ground," Hiroshige, 1856.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the last great master of the ukiyo-e print, an art style that focused on life in urban pleasure districts, often with portraits of beautiful women or famous actors. Hiroshige was somewhat daring in choosing to do a series of landscapes around his home in the city of Edo, now known as Tokyo.

Here we have the Hatsune area, at the city's northern edge, mostly dedicated to lodging visitors. The tower is one of a number of fire watchtowers around the city, and the huge bolts of cloth are not triumphal banners, but simply freshly dyed textiles hung out to dry. The overall effect is of a typical day in the city, a different approach for ukiyo-e.

This is part of a series of woodcuts called "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" and can be found online. They're at all times of the day and the year, at all occasions, but provide a fascinating glimpse into 19th century Japanese life.

His work was a huge influence on Western artists like Van Gogh and the Impressionists, and his work is still loved today in Japan.

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Hiroshige #Ukiyo_e #Edo #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #Woodcut

"Hatsune Riding Ground," Hiroshige, 1856.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the last great master of the ukiyo-e print, an art style that focused on life in urban pleasure districts, often with portraits of beautiful women or famous actors. Hiroshige was somewhat daring in choosing to do a series of landscapes around his home in the city of Edo, now known as Tokyo.

Here we have the Hatsune area, at the city's northern edge, mostly dedicated to lodging visitors. The tower is one of a number of fire watchtowers around the city, and the huge bolts of cloth are not triumphal banners, but simply freshly dyed textiles hung out to dry. The overall effect is of a typical day in the city, a different approach for ukiyo-e.

This is part of a series of woodcuts called "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" and can be found online. They're at all times of the day and the year, at all occasions, but provide a fascinating glimpse into 19th century Japanese life.

His work was a huge influence on Western artists like Van Gogh and the Impressionists, and his work is still loved today in Japan.

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Hiroshige #Ukiyo_e #Edo #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #Woodcut

Cầu Duyên
It's quite rare that I do piece like this since it look quite out of nowhere when put together with the rest of my works. I think I drew this one for Tet Holiday with one of my friends. In Vietnam, during Tet Holiday , people normaly go to pagoda to pray for love , luck or healths,,..etc. That basically is what this piece about.😅
#mastoart #artwork #art #digitalart #FendiArt #asianart #illustrated

Cầu Duyên
It's quite rare that I do piece like this since it look quite out of nowhere when put together with the rest of my works. I think I drew this one for Tet Holiday with one of my friends. In Vietnam, during Tet Holiday , people normaly go to pagoda to pray for love , luck or healths,,..etc. That basically is what this piece about.😅
#mastoart #artwork #art #digitalart #FendiArt #asianart #illustrated

Cầu Duyên
It's quite rare that I do piece like this since it look quite out of nowhere when put together with the rest of my works. I think I drew this one for Tet Holiday with one of my friends. In Vietnam, during Tet Holiday , people normaly go to pagoda to pray for love , luck or healths,,..etc. That basically is what this piece about.😅
#mastoart #artwork #art #digitalart #FendiArt #asianart #illustrated

Cầu Duyên
It's quite rare that I do piece like this since it look quite out of nowhere when put together with the rest of my works. I think I drew this one for Tet Holiday with one of my friends. In Vietnam, during Tet Holiday , people normaly go to pagoda to pray for love , luck or healths,,..etc. That basically is what this piece about.😅
#mastoart #artwork #art #digitalart #FendiArt #asianart #illustrated

Cầu Duyên
It's quite rare that I do piece like this since it look quite out of nowhere when put together with the rest of my works. I think I drew this one for Tet Holiday with one of my friends. In Vietnam, during Tet Holiday , people normaly go to pagoda to pray for love , luck or healths,,..etc. That basically is what this piece about.😅
#mastoart #artwork #art #digitalart #FendiArt #asianart #illustrated

"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.

Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.

The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday

"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.

Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.

The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday

"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.

Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.

The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday

"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.

Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.

The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday

"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.

Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.

The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday

Asian Lesser False Vampire Bat (watercolour, artist unknown) – Kolkata, India. Held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

“A Bat with large ears, grey body, pale brown wings, and pink legs and arms, the animal posed with wings outspread to display the underside.”

https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S1993.40/

#art #IndianArt #AsianArt #bats #BatAppreciationDay #watercolor #watercolour

Asian Lesser False Vampire Bat (watercolour, artist unknown) – Kolkata, India. Held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

“A Bat with large ears, grey body, pale brown wings, and pink legs and arms, the animal posed with wings outspread to display the underside.”

https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S1993.40/

#art #IndianArt #AsianArt #bats #BatAppreciationDay #watercolor #watercolour

Asian Lesser False Vampire Bat (watercolour, artist unknown) – Kolkata, India. Held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

“A Bat with large ears, grey body, pale brown wings, and pink legs and arms, the animal posed with wings outspread to display the underside.”

https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S1993.40/

#art #IndianArt #AsianArt #bats #BatAppreciationDay #watercolor #watercolour

Asian Lesser False Vampire Bat (watercolour, artist unknown) – Kolkata, India. Held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

“A Bat with large ears, grey body, pale brown wings, and pink legs and arms, the animal posed with wings outspread to display the underside.”

https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S1993.40/

#art #IndianArt #AsianArt #bats #BatAppreciationDay #watercolor #watercolour

Asian Lesser False Vampire Bat (watercolour, artist unknown) – Kolkata, India. Held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

“A Bat with large ears, grey body, pale brown wings, and pink legs and arms, the animal posed with wings outspread to display the underside.”

https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S1993.40/

#art #IndianArt #AsianArt #bats #BatAppreciationDay #watercolor #watercolour

https://www.europesays.com/ie/406212/ Exhibition explores connection between textiles and spirituality in Asia – The Art Newspaper #ArtBaselHongKong2026 #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #AsianArt #Design #Éire #Entertainment #Exhibitions #HongKong #IE #Ireland #textiles

"Heron in Rain," Ohara Koson, 1928.

Ohara (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the shin-hanga school, a style that revived the old ukiyo-e stylings with modern influences.

Although his work includes some animal prints, historical works (mostly of the Russo-Japanese War), and some portraits, he's best known for his kachō-e works, or bird-and-flower, a style that began in China but spread all over Asia, from Korea to Iran. Bird-and-flower paintings are exactly that: Birds and flowers, and often very charming and decorative.

This print of a heron doesn't have flowers but it's one of Ohara's most popular works and reproduced often. The simplicity of the heron in the rain, presented with few details, verges on the abstract, and is a very good example of what the shin-hanga school could do.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Art #OharaKoson #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Shin_Hanga #Kacho_e

"Heron in Rain," Ohara Koson, 1928.

Ohara (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the shin-hanga school, a style that revived the old ukiyo-e stylings with modern influences.

Although his work includes some animal prints, historical works (mostly of the Russo-Japanese War), and some portraits, he's best known for his kachō-e works, or bird-and-flower, a style that began in China but spread all over Asia, from Korea to Iran. Bird-and-flower paintings are exactly that: Birds and flowers, and often very charming and decorative.

This print of a heron doesn't have flowers but it's one of Ohara's most popular works and reproduced often. The simplicity of the heron in the rain, presented with few details, verges on the abstract, and is a very good example of what the shin-hanga school could do.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Art #OharaKoson #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Shin_Hanga #Kacho_e

"Heron in Rain," Ohara Koson, 1928.

Ohara (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the shin-hanga school, a style that revived the old ukiyo-e stylings with modern influences.

Although his work includes some animal prints, historical works (mostly of the Russo-Japanese War), and some portraits, he's best known for his kachō-e works, or bird-and-flower, a style that began in China but spread all over Asia, from Korea to Iran. Bird-and-flower paintings are exactly that: Birds and flowers, and often very charming and decorative.

This print of a heron doesn't have flowers but it's one of Ohara's most popular works and reproduced often. The simplicity of the heron in the rain, presented with few details, verges on the abstract, and is a very good example of what the shin-hanga school could do.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Art #OharaKoson #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Shin_Hanga #Kacho_e

"Heron in Rain," Ohara Koson, 1928.

Ohara (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the shin-hanga school, a style that revived the old ukiyo-e stylings with modern influences.

Although his work includes some animal prints, historical works (mostly of the Russo-Japanese War), and some portraits, he's best known for his kachō-e works, or bird-and-flower, a style that began in China but spread all over Asia, from Korea to Iran. Bird-and-flower paintings are exactly that: Birds and flowers, and often very charming and decorative.

This print of a heron doesn't have flowers but it's one of Ohara's most popular works and reproduced often. The simplicity of the heron in the rain, presented with few details, verges on the abstract, and is a very good example of what the shin-hanga school could do.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Art #OharaKoson #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Shin_Hanga #Kacho_e

"Heron in Rain," Ohara Koson, 1928.

Ohara (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the shin-hanga school, a style that revived the old ukiyo-e stylings with modern influences.

Although his work includes some animal prints, historical works (mostly of the Russo-Japanese War), and some portraits, he's best known for his kachō-e works, or bird-and-flower, a style that began in China but spread all over Asia, from Korea to Iran. Bird-and-flower paintings are exactly that: Birds and flowers, and often very charming and decorative.

This print of a heron doesn't have flowers but it's one of Ohara's most popular works and reproduced often. The simplicity of the heron in the rain, presented with few details, verges on the abstract, and is a very good example of what the shin-hanga school could do.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Art #OharaKoson #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Shin_Hanga #Kacho_e

"Surface of Lake Misaka, Kai Province," Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830-2.

Hokusai (1760-1849) is important not only as amazing artist in his own right, but as a major influence on Western art.

THE major painter of the ukiyo-e school, he was also a driving force in moving the style from just being about portraits of courtesans and actors, to being about landscapes, plants, and animals.

This is part of his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" which includes that famous tidal wave painting that everyone has seen. That series was a bestseller in Japan and influenced later artists who began publishing their own prints of various scenes around Japan.

Hokusai's work became popular in Europe in the latter half of the 19th century, and many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, like Monet, Renoir, and Gauguin, were fans of his and admitted their debt to him.

Interestingly, the mountain in this print is clear of snow, while the reflection shows the famous snow cap. Nobody is sure why that is; perhaps a symbol of the seasons, or perhaps just a way to draw the eye to the reflection. It's hard to believe it was just a goof!

From a private collection.

#Art #Hokusai #Ukiyo_e #MountFuji #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #ILoveThis

"Surface of Lake Misaka, Kai Province," Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830-2.

Hokusai (1760-1849) is important not only as amazing artist in his own right, but as a major influence on Western art.

THE major painter of the ukiyo-e school, he was also a driving force in moving the style from just being about portraits of courtesans and actors, to being about landscapes, plants, and animals.

This is part of his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" which includes that famous tidal wave painting that everyone has seen. That series was a bestseller in Japan and influenced later artists who began publishing their own prints of various scenes around Japan.

Hokusai's work became popular in Europe in the latter half of the 19th century, and many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, like Monet, Renoir, and Gauguin, were fans of his and admitted their debt to him.

Interestingly, the mountain in this print is clear of snow, while the reflection shows the famous snow cap. Nobody is sure why that is; perhaps a symbol of the seasons, or perhaps just a way to draw the eye to the reflection. It's hard to believe it was just a goof!

From a private collection.

#Art #Hokusai #Ukiyo_e #MountFuji #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #ILoveThis

"Surface of Lake Misaka, Kai Province," Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830-2.

Hokusai (1760-1849) is important not only as amazing artist in his own right, but as a major influence on Western art.

THE major painter of the ukiyo-e school, he was also a driving force in moving the style from just being about portraits of courtesans and actors, to being about landscapes, plants, and animals.

This is part of his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" which includes that famous tidal wave painting that everyone has seen. That series was a bestseller in Japan and influenced later artists who began publishing their own prints of various scenes around Japan.

Hokusai's work became popular in Europe in the latter half of the 19th century, and many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, like Monet, Renoir, and Gauguin, were fans of his and admitted their debt to him.

Interestingly, the mountain in this print is clear of snow, while the reflection shows the famous snow cap. Nobody is sure why that is; perhaps a symbol of the seasons, or perhaps just a way to draw the eye to the reflection. It's hard to believe it was just a goof!

From a private collection.

#Art #Hokusai #Ukiyo_e #MountFuji #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #ILoveThis

"Surface of Lake Misaka, Kai Province," Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830-2.

Hokusai (1760-1849) is important not only as amazing artist in his own right, but as a major influence on Western art.

THE major painter of the ukiyo-e school, he was also a driving force in moving the style from just being about portraits of courtesans and actors, to being about landscapes, plants, and animals.

This is part of his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" which includes that famous tidal wave painting that everyone has seen. That series was a bestseller in Japan and influenced later artists who began publishing their own prints of various scenes around Japan.

Hokusai's work became popular in Europe in the latter half of the 19th century, and many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, like Monet, Renoir, and Gauguin, were fans of his and admitted their debt to him.

Interestingly, the mountain in this print is clear of snow, while the reflection shows the famous snow cap. Nobody is sure why that is; perhaps a symbol of the seasons, or perhaps just a way to draw the eye to the reflection. It's hard to believe it was just a goof!

From a private collection.

#Art #Hokusai #Ukiyo_e #MountFuji #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #ILoveThis

"Surface of Lake Misaka, Kai Province," Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830-2.

Hokusai (1760-1849) is important not only as amazing artist in his own right, but as a major influence on Western art.

THE major painter of the ukiyo-e school, he was also a driving force in moving the style from just being about portraits of courtesans and actors, to being about landscapes, plants, and animals.

This is part of his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" which includes that famous tidal wave painting that everyone has seen. That series was a bestseller in Japan and influenced later artists who began publishing their own prints of various scenes around Japan.

Hokusai's work became popular in Europe in the latter half of the 19th century, and many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, like Monet, Renoir, and Gauguin, were fans of his and admitted their debt to him.

Interestingly, the mountain in this print is clear of snow, while the reflection shows the famous snow cap. Nobody is sure why that is; perhaps a symbol of the seasons, or perhaps just a way to draw the eye to the reflection. It's hard to believe it was just a goof!

From a private collection.

#Art #Hokusai #Ukiyo_e #MountFuji #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #ILoveThis

By Georgette Chen (born Chang Li Ying, 1906-1993), Self-Portrait, oil on wood, 35 by 27 cm (13 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches), photo: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 04 April 2015. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #asianart #painting #oilpainting #WomensHistoryMonth

From the catalogue note: “Georgette Chen’s modernist aesthetic and profound comprehension of the oil painting medium introduced a fresh surge to Singapore’s pre-existing artistic paradigm in the 20th century. Though landscapes and still life works are her famed forte, Chen’s striking self-portrait serves as a remarkable and rare testament to one of the most groundbreaking strides in the Nanyang School. As the singular female artist in this group, she delved into an emotional search for self-identity as she fashioned this image and appeared stalwart in her artistic fortitude.”

By Georgette Chen (born Chang Li Ying, 1906-1993), Self-Portrait, oil on wood, 35 by 27 cm (13 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches), photo: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 04 April 2015. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #asianart #painting #oilpainting #WomensHistoryMonth

From the catalogue note: “Georgette Chen’s modernist aesthetic and profound comprehension of the oil painting medium introduced a fresh surge to Singapore’s pre-existing artistic paradigm in the 20th century. Though landscapes and still life works are her famed forte, Chen’s striking self-portrait serves as a remarkable and rare testament to one of the most groundbreaking strides in the Nanyang School. As the singular female artist in this group, she delved into an emotional search for self-identity as she fashioned this image and appeared stalwart in her artistic fortitude.”

By Georgette Chen (born Chang Li Ying, 1906-1993), Self-Portrait, oil on wood, 35 by 27 cm (13 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches), photo: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 04 April 2015. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #asianart #painting #oilpainting #WomensHistoryMonth

From the catalogue note: “Georgette Chen’s modernist aesthetic and profound comprehension of the oil painting medium introduced a fresh surge to Singapore’s pre-existing artistic paradigm in the 20th century. Though landscapes and still life works are her famed forte, Chen’s striking self-portrait serves as a remarkable and rare testament to one of the most groundbreaking strides in the Nanyang School. As the singular female artist in this group, she delved into an emotional search for self-identity as she fashioned this image and appeared stalwart in her artistic fortitude.”

By Georgette Chen (born Chang Li Ying, 1906-1993), Self-Portrait, oil on wood, 35 by 27 cm (13 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches), photo: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 04 April 2015. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #asianart #painting #oilpainting #WomensHistoryMonth

From the catalogue note: “Georgette Chen’s modernist aesthetic and profound comprehension of the oil painting medium introduced a fresh surge to Singapore’s pre-existing artistic paradigm in the 20th century. Though landscapes and still life works are her famed forte, Chen’s striking self-portrait serves as a remarkable and rare testament to one of the most groundbreaking strides in the Nanyang School. As the singular female artist in this group, she delved into an emotional search for self-identity as she fashioned this image and appeared stalwart in her artistic fortitude.”

By Georgette Chen (born Chang Li Ying, 1906-1993), Self-Portrait, oil on wood, 35 by 27 cm (13 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches), photo: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 04 April 2015. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #asianart #painting #oilpainting #WomensHistoryMonth

From the catalogue note: “Georgette Chen’s modernist aesthetic and profound comprehension of the oil painting medium introduced a fresh surge to Singapore’s pre-existing artistic paradigm in the 20th century. Though landscapes and still life works are her famed forte, Chen’s striking self-portrait serves as a remarkable and rare testament to one of the most groundbreaking strides in the Nanyang School. As the singular female artist in this group, she delved into an emotional search for self-identity as she fashioned this image and appeared stalwart in her artistic fortitude.”

I don’t know much about fine art. Been to a bunch of museums and seen epic, historic paintings…but fine art is still a bit above my pay grade. I do, however, love textiles - so I collect carpets, wall hangings, blankets and the like. I am particularly fond of Uzbek Suzani textiles, and I’ve been able to acquire a number of pieces at auction (in most cases for ridiculously cheap prices). Here are a few of my favorites. A couple on my dining room table, and one on the hallway wall. #textiles #AsianArt #embroidery #Uzbekistan #CentralAsia

I don’t know much about fine art. Been to a bunch of museums and seen epic, historic paintings…but fine art is still a bit above my pay grade. I do, however, love textiles - so I collect carpets, wall hangings, blankets and the like. I am particularly fond of Uzbek Suzani textiles, and I’ve been able to acquire a number of pieces at auction (in most cases for ridiculously cheap prices). Here are a few of my favorites. A couple on my dining room table, and one on the hallway wall. #textiles #AsianArt #embroidery #Uzbekistan #CentralAsia

I don’t know much about fine art. Been to a bunch of museums and seen epic, historic paintings…but fine art is still a bit above my pay grade. I do, however, love textiles - so I collect carpets, wall hangings, blankets and the like. I am particularly fond of Uzbek Suzani textiles, and I’ve been able to acquire a number of pieces at auction (in most cases for ridiculously cheap prices). Here are a few of my favorites. A couple on my dining room table, and one on the hallway wall. #textiles #AsianArt #embroidery #Uzbekistan #CentralAsia

I don’t know much about fine art. Been to a bunch of museums and seen epic, historic paintings…but fine art is still a bit above my pay grade. I do, however, love textiles - so I collect carpets, wall hangings, blankets and the like. I am particularly fond of Uzbek Suzani textiles, and I’ve been able to acquire a number of pieces at auction (in most cases for ridiculously cheap prices). Here are a few of my favorites. A couple on my dining room table, and one on the hallway wall. #textiles #AsianArt #embroidery #Uzbekistan #CentralAsia

I don’t know much about fine art. Been to a bunch of museums and seen epic, historic paintings…but fine art is still a bit above my pay grade. I do, however, love textiles - so I collect carpets, wall hangings, blankets and the like. I am particularly fond of Uzbek Suzani textiles, and I’ve been able to acquire a number of pieces at auction (in most cases for ridiculously cheap prices). Here are a few of my favorites. A couple on my dining room table, and one on the hallway wall. #textiles #AsianArt #embroidery #Uzbekistan #CentralAsia

National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Bronze Sculptures to the Government of India Following the Museum’s Comprehensive Provenance Research.
One Sculpture Is to Remain on Long-Term Loan, Enabling the Museum To Share Its Complete History With the Public
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/national-museum-asian-art-returns-three-bronze-sculptures-government-india #globalmuseum #museums #AsianArt