Author: Courtney Watson McCarthy
16 pages

Hokusai (1760-1849) was an extraordinarily prolific Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) genre. More than 150 years after his death, his legacy remains as important as any Western painters. His work inspired a roll-call of great artists including Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Gauguin, Manet, Degas and Klimt as well as craftsmen and architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright.