My tribute to Hokusai
Here is a sketch that is my tribute to Hokusai, the very famous Japanese artist of the Edo period. I am studying art of this period becuase I have a vision to create some contemporary art that will be a tribute to many Japanese artists of old. I don't intend to presume to be skilled enough to duplicate the quality or style of the greats to a T, but I'd like to be able to at least mimic it to the extent that people understand its mimicry of it. Hope you like it.
In case the urban vinyl and designer toys group members are wondering, the other reason I am studying Edo art is for my Yakuza tattooed munny I have planned!
Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) was a Japanese painter and wood engraver, born in Edo (now Tokyo). He is considered one of the outstanding figures of the Ukiyo-e school of printmaking. Hokusai entered the studio of his countryman Katsukawa Shunsho in 1775 and there learned the new, popular technique of woodcut printmaking. Between 1796 and 1802 he produced a vast number of book illustrations and color prints, perhaps as many as 30,000, that drew their inspiration from the traditions, legends, and lives of the Japanese people. Hokusai's most typical wood-block prints, silkscreens, and landscape paintings were done between 1830 and 1840.
The Bitter End / Art of the Edo Period
About the Great Wave Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) created this extraordinary picture around 1831. It is known as The Great Wave Off Kanagawa (Fugaku sanjurokkei: Kanagawaoki namiura). It is a fairly small (10 x 15 in or 25.4 x 37.1 cm) colour woodcut. The original is at the Hakone Museum in Japan.
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Very nice!
Hokusai is one of my favorites! I would like to see what you come up with in teh end! ^^;;