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Unstoppable: What Makes Hokusai's 'The Great Wave' so Irresistible?
Even those who do not know ‘The Great Wave‘ by the Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849), knows it.
The great wave off kanagawa
As a meme, as a sweater or as a emoji. What makes this woodblock print from the early 1830s so compelling?
Waves Are Claws
Tell them, Vincent. ‘These waves are claws, the boat is caught in them, and you feel it. Hokusai makes you scream […], only he does it with his lines.
Thus, Van Gogh wrote on Saturday 8 September 1888 in a letter to his brother Theo about a print he didn’t possess, but greatly appreciated. The woodblock print in question was ‘The Great Wave of Kanagawa‘ of the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
‘The Great Wave of Kanagawa‘ (c.1831) from the series ‘36 Views of Mount Fuji‘ by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) (Housed in the British Museum)
Sparing Palette
This woodblock print, from the so-called ukiyo-e style, dates from around 1830, with a size of 10″ x 14 1/2″ inches
