Katsushika Hokusai
1760-1849 · The Great Wave and the printed mountain
Asian Inspiration
Asian Inspiration
A Wikipedia of Asian artists: lineage, inspiration, and real crossovers only.
History and inspiration across Asia: named makers, who they shaped, and where American audiences truly met the work.
日本 · Japan
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797-1858 · Rain, stations, and the road print
Sesshu Toyo
1420-1506 · Ink landscape after China, rooted in Japan
Ogata Korin
1658-1716 · Rimpa gold, flowers, and design
Kitagawa Utamaro
c. 1753-1806 · The large-head beauty print
Yayoi Kusama
1929-present · Dots, infinity, and a living practice
中国 China
Fan Kuan
c. 960-c. 1030 · Travelers among mountains
Guo Xi
c. 1020-c. 1090 · Early Spring and the court landscape
Qi Baishi
1864-1957 · Shrimp, mice, and modern ink vitality
Xu Beihong
1895-1953 · Horses, academic training, and national art debates
Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien)
1899-1983 · Virtuoso tradition and global Chinese painting
한국 Korea
Jeong Seon (Chong Son)
1676-1759 · Korea's mountains painted as themselves
Kim Hong-do (Danwon)
1745-c. 1806 · Everyday Joseon life in album leaves
Shin Yun-bok (Hyewon)
c. 1758-after 1813 · Courting scenes and late Joseon genre
Philippines
Juan Luna
1857-1899 · Spoliarium and the Propagandist generation
Fernando Amorsolo
1892-1972 · Sunlit fields and the Philippine genre scene
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
1855-1913 · Las virgenes cristianas expuestas al populacho
Public historical summaries for teaching; not catalogues raisonnés. Living artists are discussed as public cultural figures only.