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It's a unique exhibition - many of the works of 19th century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai have never before been seen in Europe. Now Berlin's Martin Gropius Bau is putting on a show of his life work.Hokusai is considered one of the greatest artists of the 19th century - the European Impressionists admired his light brushstrokes, his woodcuts and the gentle colours of his pictures. Nowadays, comicbook artists across the world see him as an inspiration - Hokusai is seen as the inventor of manga. ARTS.21 looks at how obsessed the Japanese were with combining the styles of Europe and Asia.
It's a unique exhibition - many of the works of 19th century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai have never before been seen in Europe. Now Berlin's Martin Gropius Bau is putting on a show of his life work.Hokusai is considered one of the greatest artists of the 19th century - the European Impressionists admired his light brushstrokes, his woodcuts and the gentle colours of his pictures. Nowadays, comicbook artists across the world see him as an inspiration - Hokusai is seen as the inventor of manga. ARTS.21 looks at how obsessed the Japanese were with combining the styles of Europe and Asia.
