The pictorial arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans (1886)
Anderson, William, 1842-1900 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 257
age in his earlier works, which sometimes possessed a singular charm of soft harmony ; rvhile in many of the more highly finished of his later pictures the colouring is somewhat heavy and coarse, and is scarcely worthy of his forcible outline and perfect composition. He is said to have painted a… … Fig. 3S. The quick Postman. From the Hokusai Afangwa. We may best learn his personal character by the study of his works. They demonstrate not only the versatility and range of his artistic genius, but convey a vivid impression of his moral and intellectual qualities, of his keen but kindly powers…
Art · Art, Korean
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