Kanō Hōgai — Two Dragons in Clouds | Meiji Painting

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Kanō Hōgai — Two Dragons in Clouds | Meiji PaintingKan Hgai (18281888) was the last great master of the Kan school and a key figure in the Meiji revival of Japanese style painting (Nihonga). Trained in the Kan tradition but working in a period of radical cultural transformation, he developed a synthesis of classical Japanese and contemporary Western techniques that produced works of unusual power and drama. His Kannon Bosatsu and dragon paintings remain defining works of Meiji visual culture. Printed

László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) was a Hungarian-born artist

printmaker

each work in this tradition distils a relationship with nature

His Kannon Bosatsu and dragon paintings remain defining works of Meiji visual culture

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converting to Islam

Surrealism

economical

and exquisite pattern

His treatment of water

intimate voice

and the particular quality of Venetian light places him in the company of Canaletto and Turner as a chronicler of the world's most painted city