HOKUSAI Art wooden Puzzle
"The Great Wave"
Wooden Puzzle for kids : 24 pieces (5 - 8 years)
Publisher : Michèle Wilson
Dimensions of the puzzle once completed : 29 x 21 cm
Availability :
in stock
25.00 €
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849 Japan)
More cultural and artistic informations about the painter
* * *Main works :
Thirty six views of the Mount Fuji.
Artistic movements :
Artist of the ukiyo-e (narrative painting of the Edo period).
Inspiration, influence :
Katsukawa Shunsho, his teacher, but also the western art (brought in Nagasaki by the Dutch people) and particularly the contribution of the perspective.
His contemporaries :
His influence on the European artists is immense : Gauguin, Monet, Sisley. The compositions of the "The Old Man Mad About Drawing" (nickname of Hokusai) profoundly marked their visual universes.
To keep in mind :
One of the greatest illustrators. The simplicity of his work, his formal beauty, make him an iconic figure of the painting.
To go further :
In 2015, a manga, "Miss Hokusai", tells the collaboration of Hokusaï and one of his daughters, O-Ei, who helped him in his work.
