Japanese1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai
A Japanese painter and printmaker of the Edo period, and one of the great masters of ukiyo-e. He helped turn the genre from portraits of courtesans and actors toward landscapes, plants and animals, and his work strongly influenced Van Gogh and Monet during Europe's craze for Japanese art.
A life in paintings
- 1760Born
- 1830
- 1835
- 1849Died
Influenced Claude Monet
Hokusai's landscapes reached France during the wave of Japonisme and influenced Monet, who collected Japanese prints.
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Influenced Henri RivièreParis
Rivière collected Japanese prints from 1888 and taught himself Japanese woodblock printing; his 1902 album of Eiffel Tower lithographs takes its title and its idea, one landmark seen from many places, from Hokusai's Fuji series.
Source: Wikipedia
Where to see them
Multiple institutional collections
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Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
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