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- Herausgeber: Christian Connor
- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015
Katsushika Hokusai is one of the most famous names in Japanese art, and the epitome of the later Ukiyo-e ('floating world') school. He also is one of the great draftsmen of the world. With his inimitable sense of humor Hokusai best describes himself: “From the age of 6 I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was 50 I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the age of 70 is not worth bothering with. At 75 I'll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am 80 you will see real progress. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvellous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my self 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing.” Hokusai Katsushika
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HokusaiDrawings
ByChristian Connor
ForewordbyChristian Connor
First Edition
Copyright © 2015 byChristian Connor
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HokusaiDrawings
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Foreword
“From the age of 6 I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was 50 I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the the age of 70 is not worth bothering with. At 75 I'll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am 80 you will see real progress. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvelous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my self 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing.”
Hokusai Katsushika
Katsukawa Hokusai is one of the most famous names in Japanese art, and the epitome of the later Ukiyo-e ('floating world') school.He also is one of the great draftsmen of the world.
His given name was Tokitarō but he used a constantly-changing sequence of art names. He entered the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō as a self-taught artist in 1778. After Shunshō's death, he probably went on to study with the academic painter Kanō Yūsen. His introduction to the Tawaraya family of the Rimpa School in around 1796 was a turning point in his career. He rapidly developed a reputation as a painter and as a designer of surimono, using the name Sōri. Soon after this he took the name Hokusai ('North studio').
From this time, Hokusai also often signed himself, Gakyōjin ('the man mad about painting') Hokusai. He lived a reclusive life with his daughters, including Oi, a finepainter in her own right. In 1811 Hokusai met Maki Bokusen (1775-1824) in Nagoya, who arranged for publication the first ten volumes of the Hokusai Manga ('Hokusai Sketches') between 1812 and 1819.
Hokusai had a long career, but he produced most of his important work after age 60.The largest of Hokusai's works is the 15-volume collection Hokusai Manga, a book crammed with nearly 4,000 sketches.These sketches are often incorrectly considered the precedent to modern manga, as Hokusai's Manga is a collection of sketches (of animals, people, objects, etc.), different from the story-based comic-book style of modern manga.Block-printed in three colours (black, gray and pale flesh), the Manga comprise literally thousands of images. The final three volumes were published posthumously; two of them assembled by their publisher from previously unpublished material. The final volume was made up of previously published works, some not even by Hokusai, and is not considered authentic by art historians.
1820 marked the beginning of Hokusai's second sixty-year cycle, when he took the name Iitsu ('one year old again') and embarked on a highly productive period designing prints, surimono and book illustrations. He used the new Prussian blue pigment to revolutionary effectin the series Fugaku sanjūrokkei ('Thirty-six Views of Fuji' about 1829-32). This was quickly followed by his most famous book, Fugaku hyakkei ('100 Views of Fuji').
The aged artist lost everything in a fire at his lodgings in 1839 and devoted the last ten years of his life to painting increasingly transcendent subjects, such as tigers and mythic creatures.
Hokusai represented the archetypal Japanese artist for critics and artists of the 'Japonisme' movement in the 1870s and 1880s. Edmond de Goncourt wrote an early biography, published in 1896.
Drawings
Deity of Good Fortune
Inkon paper, 10 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in
Shown here is Hotei, based on an actual Zen monk in China. Recognizable by his rotund proportions and by a large cloth bag (ho-tei), Hotei is believed to bring wealth and comfort to those who worship him. Using a wet brush and ink watered down to provide shades of grey, the artist provides a masterful image which conveys both humor and charm.
The Badger Tea-Kettle
Inkon paper, 10 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in
