Hokusai'S Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai in the Smithsonian Freer Gallery...

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Hokusai'S Brush

Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai in the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of...

Frank Feltens (Frank Feltens), Katsushika Hokusai (Katsushika Hokusai), Asano Shugo

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Smithsonian Books
01 December 2020

Oriental art; Individual artists, art monographs

Experience the breathtaking masterworks of one of the most influential artists in Japan's history.

Experience the breathtaking masterworks of one of the most influential artists in Japan's history.

Hokusai's Brush is a companion to the Freer Gallery of Art's yearlong exhibition that celebrates the artist's fruitful career. The Freer, home to the world's largest collection of paintings by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, has put on view for the first time in a decade his incredible and rarely seen sketches, drawings, and paintings. Together with essays that explore his life and career, Hokusai's Brush offers an in-depth breakdown of each painting, providing amazing commentary that highlight Hokusai's mastery and detail.

While best known for his woodblock print series ""Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji"" and particularly the widely recognizable ""The Great Wave off Kanagawa,"" Hokusai is said to have produced 30,000 pieces of art. He lived to ninety years old, and his last words were reportedly to say that if heaven were to grant him another five or ten years, then he could become a true painter. Every stunning page of Hokusai's Brush is a testament to the humility of that statement, emphasizing his artistry and skill, the likes of which shaped the Impressionist movement by inspiring artists such as Monet, Degas, and van Gogh.

By: Frank Feltens (Frank Feltens)
Illustrated by: Katsushika Hokusai (Katsushika Hokusai)
Contributions by: Asano Shugo
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781588347008
ISBN 10: 1588347001
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

FRANK FELTENS is the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery. He is a specialist in Japanese painting, particularly the late medieval and early modern periods.