Bamboo and Rock in Snow
1750
135.0 x 41.0 cm
Sakaki Hyakusen (1697 – 1752)
Entdecken Sie die ruhigen Landschaften von Sakaki Hyakusen (彭城百川), einem japanischen Künstler des 18. Jahrhunderts, bekannt für seine ausdrucksstarken Naturszenen, darunter Kiefern und Mondlicht.
Stems of bamboo, bending under the weight of snow fallen on their slender leaves, emerge from behind a moss-pocked boulder. Sakaki Hyakusen has left areas of the paper unpainted to represent snow, while an uneven gray wash signals a dark, wintry evening. An assiduous student of Chinese painting, Hyakusen is now considered a pioneer of nanga, or “southern school painting,” in Japan, and his influence on later nanga artists like Yosa Buson (1716–1784) is widely recognized.
Über dieses Kunstwerk
- Titel: Bamboo and Rock in Snow
- Künstler: Sakaki Hyakusen
- Jahr: 1750
- Originalmaße: 135.0 x 41.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Gemeinfreiheit
- Farbton: Green Spectrum
- Empfundene Helligkeit: balanced