Landschaft, Bootsfahrt | Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 | 1763-1840 material:Paper Somit gehören diese beiden Bilder

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Nishiyama Hōen is more charming than Keibun – he has no qualms about choosing a seductive pink for his plum blossoms

coarse-grained paper and adapted his brushwork to suit it

And in the bird heads he plays with a tangible realism to give the subject a little sharpness

Landschaft, Bootsfahrt | Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 | 1763-1840 material:Paper Somit gehören diese beiden BilderTani Bunch was an outstanding man in many respects in the early 19th century. He mastered many styles (which was considered a sign of professionalism in Japan) and must have been a charismatic personality in the biographies of quite a few well known painters we read that Tani Bunch showed them the way. Thanks to him, they are said to have found their true calling in art. But as is the case with such influential and great talents, their production is