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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Katsushika HokusaiWW-1830-541983

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Year
1830
Medium
paper

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai

Painting

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, and animals. His works had a significant influence on Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the wave of Japonisme that spread across Europe in the late 19th century.

Tokyo, Japan

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Year
1830
Medium
paper
Watts ID
WW-1830-541983

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Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting

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