Katsushika Hokusai and Henri RiviÃ¨re

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Frontispiece, from the Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower, Henri Rivière Look again at this print. What do you notice? Is the tower in the foreground or the background? What other shapes predominate in this print? Like Hokusai, Rivière positions the main repeated element (the Eiffel Tower) in places where a Parisian citizen might look up and discover it. Perhaps through the leaves of a tree…
From the Place de la Concorde, Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower, Henri Rivière ..or even through the spray of a water fountain. His collection of woodcuts was a homage to Hokusai, the master who inspired him.
Page 1 and 2: Katsushika Hokusai and Henri Riviè
Page 3 and 4: Hokusai’s artwork was an inspirat
Page 5 and 6: Both of these artists were inspired
Page 7 and 8: Hokusai renders a full moon Yes, th
Page 9 and 10: In this image, the mountain predomi
Page 11 and 12: In all thirty-six prints, Hokusai c
Page 13: Like Mount Fiji, the Eiffel Tower i
Page 17 and 18: Hokusai lived in ninety different h
Page 19 and 20: Rivière delighted in the rich colo
Page 21 and 22: Hokusai wrote: When I was 50, I had
Page 23 and 24: As a young man in his early twentie
Page 25 and 26: From youth to old age, both Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai and Henri RiviÃ¨re

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