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J.M. W . T U R N E R AIR IN MOTION
British landscape, seascape,
and history painter whose
p r i m a r y interest a b o v e all
was light. Turner w o r k e d in
oils and watercolors and
sketched copiously o n his
travels. There are many stories
o f his passionate w o r k i n g
methods, including being
lashed t o a ship's mast in
order to study a storm.

Pencil and watercolor Stains of
subdued watercolor are splashed,
brushed, and pressed into this
absorbent sheet The paper's very
own coior is brought through as
banks of mist and fog. A penciled
outline of a skeletal ship is
scratched into the waves, while
the whole composition leans and
swells around its fateful center.

Ship in a Storm mm)
c. 1826
91/2 x 113/4 in ( 2 4 1 x 3 0 0
J.M.W. TURNER

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI
ProlificJapanese color
wood-blockprintmaker,
painter, designer and book
illustrator;influenced by

examples of Western art
obtained through Dutch
trading in Nagasaki. Hokusai
in t u r n has since significantly
influenced European art.
Landscape and city life w e r e

hisprincipal subjects, a n d his
b e s t - l o v e dw o r k s i n c l u d e
100 views o f M o u n t Fuji
and 12 volumes of Manga.

Wind direction This is a colored
wood-block print. To represent
wind, Hokusai has chosen the

direction from which it blows
(from the right), then lifted

clothing horizontally and flowed
it into the stream of the wind.
Plants also bend and flow from

right to left

Coup de Vent a Asajigahare 81/2 x 131/2 in ( 2 1 7 x 3 4 3 mm)
1802

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA