Arts Everyday Living: Voyage to Japan—The Great Wave, Hokusai & the Eternal Sea

Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, from the series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. ca. 1830-32, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Title: Under the Wave Off Kanagawa, or The Great Wave, ca. 1830-32*

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

 

 

Was Van Gogh influenced by The Great Wave?  See number 10 on the website below:

https://www.artic.edu/articles/1139/10-things-to-know-about-the-great-wave

 

*From the series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”

 

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