Hokusai - Famous Japanese master on your wall
The expressive works of Hokusai are world famous. If you hang a framed copy of waves, landscapes or a typical Japanese bridge in your room, you will always be amazed. The artist, born in Tokyo in 1760, developed a sophisticated drawing and painting technique from the woodcut that can be recognized at first glance. Order a picture of the old master at weewado, and you will be fascinated: Rarely has a wave been better captured in its force as a force of nature than in "Great Wave Off the Coast at Kanagawa" of 1830. So powerfully billowing in blue and Rosatönen the waves on, that the actually high mountain in the rear image center appears tiny.
Color woodcuts of overwhelming power
Art is considered good if it works remotely. This is not a question for Hokusai's works. The color woodcut "The Poem of Fujiwara no Yoshitaka" is overwhelming, regardless of whether you enjoy the colors and expressive shapes as a canvas image from near or far away. Why is that? The artist was trained as a block carver and wood cutter in his youth. Only later did he turn to graphics and color woodcuts. He was always on the hike. He tried in countless styles and laid down - according to a Japanese tradition - repeated new stage names.
Illustrations in the most beautiful colors
Blue, green and rich, warm reds as well as pinks and cracked white dominate the color palette. As a result, Hokusai's works seem both striking and refined, because the artist works out details such as striped stockings, opulent clothing and pots hanging between trees: compare an impressive version of "The Poem of Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason" from 1839 ,
Mount Fuji is forever connected to Hokusai
The Japanese artist turned to Mount Fuji in 36 different variations. The 1831 painting "Yoshida on Tôkaidô Street" shows the famous mountain from a wood-paneled terrace that overlooks the sea. The white mountain is decentrally placed in the picture. Above all, the blue-clad figures who look at him and talk to each other, steer the gaze of the beholder skillfully on the mysterious mountain. The Japanese great artist has also been described as a "painter of flowing worlds". Why? His work also shows elements of folk art. "The Key Palace" with a snake-like creature that comes out of a tower smoking and oversized as a side portrait is an example of this.
A canvas picture tells a thousand stories
When you buy art from Hokusai, you will see that these images never stop telling new stories and stimulating your own imagination. "Kohada Koheiji" proves that the Japanese is to be regarded as the forerunner of today's manga art. Those who prefer it floral, lush, and colorful will also find it at weewado. "Bridge in Fukaeva" not only convinces with its harmonious image structure, which results from the semicircle of the bridge over numerous fishing boats, but also with tender shades of green and blue as well as a perspective far into the distance. Dreamlike, almost modern accents, also sets the color woodcut "Yatsuhashi Bridge"!
