Kawase Hasui — Japanese Woodblock Print: Chuzenji, Utagahama (Giclee) | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)

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Kawase Hasui — Japanese Woodblock Print: Chuzenji, Utagahama (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

and the inner life with a comparable depth and seriousness

he produced studies of tigers — alone

Alexandra Exter (1882–1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian avant-garde artist and designer who moved fluidly between Cubism

Gaoquan Xingdun (高泉性潡

pear trees

His works are now held in major collections of Chinese art

and design to their fundamental elements: the right angle

His influence on modern abstraction

The Victorian tradition of botanical pattern and ornament — spanning wallpaper

His collage works — raw

Edward Penfield (1866–1925) was the art director of Harper's Monthly and one of the founding figures of the American poster movement — an illustrator who brought the influence of the French affiche and Japanese woodblock to American graphic design with an elegance and simplicity that distinguished his work from all contemporaries

Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian painter widely credited as the pioneer of abstract art and one of the most influential artists of the 20th century

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