Japanese landscape painting, especially in its earlier stages, when Chinese ideals controlled it, seems even more formal and unreal. Yet here also we may discover much that is beautiful.

While working in Washington, D.C. during World War II, Drucker had a lunch hour ritual: studying works of Japanese art at The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art, on the National Mall.

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

Roger Paden, Picturesque Landscape Painting and Environmental Aesthetics, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Summer 2015), pp. 39-61 ...

“The seasons have affected Japanese and Chinese art in profound and distinct ways,” said Ann Yonemura, senior associate curator of Japanese art. “In Japan, art and poetry reflect the gentle changes in ...

Sumi-e, the art of Japanese ink painting, is equal parts beauty and discipline. David Lee Roth, artist. CBS News "You're a night owl – you usually paint and draw at night?" ...