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Kitagawa Utamaro Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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Kitagawa Utamaro Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s.  He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects. Little is known of Utamaro's life.  His work began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s with his portraits of beauties with exaggerated, elongated features.  He produced over 2000 known prints and was one of the few ukiyo-e artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his lifetime.  In 1804 he was arrested and manacled for fifty days for making illegal prints depicting the 16th-century military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and died two years later. Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the European Impressionists, particularly with his use of partial views and his emphasis on light and shade, which they imitated. The reference to the "Japanese influence" among these artists often refers to the work of Utamaro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utamaro

Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

Woman Relaxing after Her Bath

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: Woman Relaxing after Her Bath
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

Women Weaving Silk Cloth

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: Women Weaving Silk Cloth
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine (Mimeguri jinja no onkaichō)

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine (Mimeguri jinja no onkaichō)
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

A Young Woman Reading A Letter

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: A Young Woman Reading A Letter
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806 / The Met

   title: Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession
   department: Asian Art
   accessionYear: 1914

Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Amman Marcus Curtius    title: Marcus Curtius    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    title: Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Triumph of Christian Faith    ti
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Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively
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Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okumura_Masanobu Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledo
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