Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings June 20, 2012

Freer Gallery of Art founder Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) first discovered the great Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849) through his woodblock prints. Beginning in 1898, Freer turned to collecting Hokusai's paintings, and by 1907 he had gathered a collection that remains unrivaled in its holdings of original Hokusai paintings and drawings. This installation features such highlights as 'Boy Viewing Mount Fuji' and three masterworks of Hokusai's last years, 'Thunder God,' 'Fisherman,' and 'Woodcutter.'