From fascinating woodblock prints and beautiful landscape paintings to eye-catching sculptures, Japanese artists have created ...

Kaii Higashiyama was a Japanese artist known for his nihonga style paintings that often depicted nature ... Throughout his career, he was honored with the Japan Art Academy Prize, the Order of Culture ...

His work was influenced by nihonga, cubism, and Italian futurism. Born in 1927 in Kyoto, Japan, he studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Kayama received several prestigious awards, including ...

From a Victorian brewery in Somerset, Emma Peascod and her husband Tobias have created a poetic ‘joint manifestation’ ...

Art Sanctuary Allan West is a studio and gallery in Taito Ward, Tokyo, filled with beautiful and vibrant nihonga paintings. Allan West specializes in painting scenes from nature with pigments made ...

Allan West entered the room backgrounded by a calming painting of a flowering plum tree draped in snow. He was wearing his signature look: A Zen priest shirt, craftsman’s pants, a sleeveless jacket ...

However, it is difficult for Japanese people to create nihonga, because it is necessary to prepare many kinds of expensive art supplies and to master complex classical techniques. Therefore, we ...

The focus of “The 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Period: Making and Designing Meiji Arts and Crafts” at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, concerns the relationship between nihonga ...

Because of its enormous wealth, the Persian Gulf has long been viewed by the international art trade as a prime market for expansion. By Scott Reyburn Art Basel, the world’s largest organizer of ...

”Cats, Owls, and Mountains" have taken over the Tokyo art scene with a remarkable exhibition. Artist Zoia Skoropadenko, the creative force behind the showcase, shares insights into the thematic ...