HOKUSAI EXHIBITION

HOKUSAI

Exhibition from October 1st to November 20, 2014, then from December 1st to january 18, 2015 Grand Palais-Galeries Nationales entry Clemenceau

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A dense exhibition traces the chronology of the rich creative Hokusai course, an impressive and remarkable for its quality and stylistic variety output: prints, engravings, printed books, paintings, fans, portraits of  kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers,  illustrated calendars, fiction epic illustration plots show a virtuosity in the use of ink.
A combination of traditional Japanese arts and the influence of Western art, work on the composition of the works in the contrast between static and dynamic.
The presence in the prints of the Prussian blue color associated with the sensitivity of the line glorify snapshots of nature: Views of Mount Fuji, the famous Wave …
One room is specially dedicated to Hokusai Manga: a multitude of drawings constitute a real encyclopedia of flora, fauna and the daily life of Japan’s Edo period.
His work will influence many followers of Japonisme artists: Van Gogh, Manet, Degas, Klimt, Monet, Gauguin, Emile Gallé …