This publication offers the most comprehensive survey of Kuniyoshi's work in a Western language, fully expressing the artist's versatility. More than three hundred illustrations from public and private collections are accompanied by essays on Kuniyoshi's comical pictures, deluxe printed images (surimono) and paintings, making this book an invaluable source of information for Japanese print lovers. Produced in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Society for Japanese Arts in cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
ISBN-13
978-90-74822-10-7 (9789074822107)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Robert Schaap was trained as an industrial designer and later received a British Council Scholarship Award to study graphic design at Hornsey College of Art in London. As a graphic designer he has focused on books relating to Japanese prints for some fifteen years, and over the last twenty-five years he has been collecting Japanese prints and paintings. He is a member of the Board of the Society for Japanese Arts and serves as Editor of the Society's journal Andon. Over the years he has written numerous articles and reviews on various aspects of Japanese prints, and has (co)-organized several exhibitions on Japanese prints like Beauty & Violence. Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892 and Heroes & Ghosts. Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861 and was the main author of their accompanying catalogues.
