When it comes to Japanese master artists, it must be the daimyo of Katsushika Hokusai, (although this is not his real name), he is a famous Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter, printmaker, who created more than 35,000 works in his lifetime, and illustrated 167 kinds of books and 437 books, of which the landscape theme of the work is the most successful. You may not know much about the work of this prolific artist, but you must have seen his famous work "Kanagawa Surf", which is almost equivalent to Katsushika Hokusai. The only thing people can talk about when it comes to Katsushika Hokusai is this painting. In fact, this "painting maniac" has many secrets that are not known to the public. Today, Xiao Dai will take you to a more comprehensive understanding of this legendary 18th century ukiyo-e master.
Kanagawa Surf was struck by lightning at the age of 1 or 50, and katsushika Hokusai, who wanted to live to be 110, was a diligent artist, as can be seen from his output, but this highly efficient painter suffered many personal setbacks, his wife and children died before him, when he was 50 years old, he was struck by lightning, and at the age of 60, he was entangled in a stroke, resulting in all his previous efforts becoming in vain and needing to start learning art again. It was only after the age of 60 that Katsushika Hokusai really began to create, and the famous "Thirty-Six Views of Fugaku", including the masterpiece "Kanagawa Surfing" created in 1830, was his work after the age of sixty. Hokusai has always believed that he will live to be 110 years old, and he once said that when he was 110 years old, everything he created would be presented to everyone in a way that had never been seen before. Of course, unfortunately, we have not seen this unprecedented way, but instead of living to the age of 110, Katsushika Hokusai has reached the status of a master artist, which is recognized by everyone. 2, Van Gogh is his "little fan"
Van Gogh's "Starry Night" may be many people know some masters of art, but there is no way to connect them, in the mind, they are all alone. When you understand the intersection between them, it will be very interesting. For example, Van Gogh, Monet, Gauguin, etc., are all the little "fans" of Katsushika Hokusai, these European Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting masters, have copied his works, Van Gogh's famous masterpiece "Starry Night", it is said that the source of the creation technique is "Kanagawa Surf", if the two paintings are compared together, you can see that the painting method of the two is similar. 3, moved 93 times in a lifetime, only because I hate cleaning
Katsushika Hokusai portraits all say that art will have one or two different hobbies from ordinary people, and so does Katsushika Hokusai, who loves to move, moving a total of 93 times in his life, and the reason for moving also makes people want to laugh. It turned out that Hokusai preferred to be clean, but he did not like to clean, and when a dwelling was occupied by him to the point of being buried in dust, he would choose to evacuate and start over in a clean place. When the clean dwelling becomes dirty again, it is moved away again. In this way, even if calculated from birth, Katsushika Hokusai changes his residence once a year on average, which is higher than the frequency of moving houses in the north, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen today. 4, changed his name more than 30 times in his life, and the last pen name made people tearful
In addition to the katsushika Hokusai studio model, Katsushika Hokusai also loves to change his name, as mentioned above, Katsushika Hokusai is not his original name, just a pen name he uses the longest. In fact, in the 18th century Japanese art circle, there was a trend of changing the name, so it seems that Katsushika Hokusai is still an artist who loves to follow the trend. In total, Hokusai has had more than 30 names throughout his career. Every few years, he would face the public with a new name, simply listing a few names that Katsushika Hokusai had used, such as Toshiro, Kako, Gakuto, Manji, etc. The name Katsushika Hokusai was retained for half a century. On his tombstone, inscribed the last pen name, Gakyo Rojin Manji, means "the old man who is crazy about painting". Even if the Si people have gone, they will still leave their love for painting behind, and people can't help but cry. 5. Last words: I want to borrow from heaven for another five years
Tokaido Yoshida Katsushika Hokusai's love of painting can be seen in his last words. According to reports, on his deathbed in 1849, he said: "If God can give me another five years, I will definitely become a real painter", 90-year-old Katsushika Hokusai said this sentence, with dedication, love and unwillingness to paint. It is gratifying that Katsushika Hokusai's artistic achievements have been recognized, and he is certainly a real painter. The Japanese artist, who has dedicated seventy years to painting, has no regrets.
Koshu Misaka Surface
Ura Raku-Ying of Ejiridako, Haido
The wind is fast and sunny
Tokaido Yoshida