Kawase Hasui — Lake Towada Japanese Woodblock Print (Giclee) | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)

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Kawase Hasui — Lake Towada Japanese Woodblock Print (Giclee) | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)Kawase Hasui (18831957) was a master of shin hanga, the revolutionary "new woodblock" movement that transformed Japanese printmaking in the 20th century. Hasui is celebrated for his luminous night scenesmoonlit temples, rain soaked streets, nocturnal water landscapeseach rendered with atmospheric depth and subtle color that evoke mood over mere representation. His works epitomize shin hanga's marriage of traditional ukiyo e technique with modernist

They are among the most emotionally direct works in the history of art and are held at the Art Institute of Chicago and major collections worldwide

A Bauhaus master

clutching at cars

Matsumoto Hoji (active late 18th century) was an Edo-period painter associated with the Kishi school

Soviet propaganda posters of the 1920s–1950s constitute one of the great bodies of applied graphic design in the history of art — works that combined the formal lessons of Constructivism and Suprematism with the communicative demands of mass political mobilisation

decisive — reveal the extraordinary intelligence behind the apparent ease of his finished work

her work only fully recognized in the late 20th century

who spent much of his career in Europe

show-jumping

His works are now among the most avidly collected objects in Japanese art

Alfred Kubin (1877–1959) was an Austrian symbolist draughtsman

perfectly observed — remain among the most collectible of all Shin Hanga prints and are held in major museum collections worldwide

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