Ghost (Study of a Yūrei)
£50.00
Artwork Details
Medium:
Sumi ink
Ships from:
UK
Framing:
Custom
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Hokusai remains one of my favourite Japanese artists - not because of his famous painting "The Great Wave', but because his mastery of the brush allowed him to blend pictorial representation with the rhythmic energy of written characters, which always fascinated me. How can combine strict rules imposed on artists back then and yet offer intense, wavering, and lively calligraphic energy?
Hokusai was fascinated by the supernatural and folklore, and his depictions of ghosts are some of the most iconic in Japanese art history. Towards the end of his life (the 1840s), Hokusai painted a haunting, original brush painting simply titled Ghost (Yūrei). Unlike the bold, colorful woodblock prints, this painting relies entirely on brushwork, this ghost was a pale, floating female figure with no lower body.