Kitigawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-ewoodblock prints and paintings, and is bes
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-ewoodblock prints and paintings, and is bes
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: 歌川豊国; 1769 in Edo – 24 February 1825 in Edo), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (ar
By 1978 we had started selling our Japanese wood block prints (Ukiyo-e) at a big new Sunday Market in the heart of Melbourne. Finally we had a "product" that was relatively easy to produce as well
Way back in the early 1970s I met a very eccentric Englishman who had the most impressive moustache I had seen up to that point in my life, totally inspired by the British Raj. He was the father of a
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese Art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and
John Martono has collaborated with Tusk Gallery to create a range of beautiful framed prints on canvas that light up any room with the joy and happiness with which John creates his original artwork. T
“A Damn Big 50% OFF FramedPrint Sale” After 5 years of Artscope Publishing we find ourselves overstocked with a very diverse and interesting range of framed art prints from small ones
"Tropical Holiday" a framed canvas print by Joan Blond In mid September two of Joan's original paintings were featured in Kerrie and Spence's apartment on The Block located at The Gatw
Here's a competition that won't cost you anything but a few moments of your time. You could win a framed 100x100cm framed print on canvas of "The String Quartet" by Kitti Narod. Kitti Narod "The
Sometime during the second quarter of 2014 we had an group exhibition at Tusk Gallery called "Urban Amazons and other Eccentricities" which featured the art of John Martono. John and his wife Citra c
When I was a teenager in the 60s I think I had only one friend whose family house had an art print on their wall. It was a Tretchikoff image of an oriental lady with a green face! It must have ha
The Artscope website is moving forward in the right direction ...... just a bit slower than I had hoped. It's a bit like climbing a mountain and then realising that there's another one jus
Kitigawa Utamaro June 14th, 2020Utagawa Toyokuni June 14th, 2020Making my "first big sale" : The Genesis of Kyoto Prints June 13th, 2020My Introduction to Ukiyo-e and the beginning of Kyoto Prints June 13th, 2020Ukiyo-e : Pictures of the Floating World June 4th, 2020
