> > http://www.csuohio.edu/class/history/exercise/vlehome.html > > > > It's no wonder the global financial system's collapsing. > > > > Bob > > Didn't know you were a Hiroshige fan, Bob. One of the very > nice ladies > who lets us borrow her quilts for our annual quilt shows has > a couple > of what appear to be relatively early Hiroshige prints she purchased
> in Japan after the Big War. I was over at her house about a > month ago, > and we went so far as to take them down from the wall so we could > examine them more closely. > > It was great fun, and at one point she said she might give me > one, but > she is quite elderly and somewhat forgetful/scattered at times, and > I'd hate to think I was taking advantage of her. > > Still... > > I've found a couple of her works online. In this one, you can > see some > Hiroshige influence: > > http://www.bereaartscouncil.org/exhibits/2003/womens_2003/0com > pass540.jpg yes - it does show his influence. I'd never heard of Hiroshige until a few years ago, and I didn't like Japanese woodblock prints that I was familiar with, such as Hokusai, who leaves me cold. But the BBC did a show called Painting the Weather which featured Hiroshige's famous print A Sudden Shower Over Ohashe And Atake, and I was hooked. I have since learned a lot more about him, bought a number of books of his work including a reproduction of some sketchbooks. His influence on Herge is obvious (and perhaps one reason why he's so accessible to us all - everyone loves Tintin), and his influence on Van Gogh and others is well known although I never before bothered to find out the specifics of which Japanese artists were so influential in the west. I think his sketches are the equal of Rembrandt's sketches, and I think Rembrandt is one of the finest draughtsman in all art. One of the ideas I'm considering for my Fellowship of the RPS (assuming I get the Associateship with my Fez pictures) is to visit the 53 stations of the Tokaido and see what the road looks like today. Or do something in a similar vein - 80 Famous Views of Stoke-on-Trent, for example, or 36 Views of Beckton Alp (my local Mount Fuji). Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
