Kawasi Hasui Water and Shadow
- Type: Special Exhibition
- Collection: East Asian Art, japanese-art
- Culture/Region: East Asia, Japan
- Subject Area: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
- Grade Level: 6-12, college, adult
Special Exhibition: Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints
This exhibition presents a visually compelling selection of Japanese woodblock prints — as well as paintings and didactic material — that explores the dynamic early work of Japanese landscape artist Kawase Hasui (1883-1957). The works selected for this exhibition focus on Hasui’s most creative period of woodblock print design: the years from 1918 to the Great Earthquake of 1923. The exhibition utilizes the unparalleled collection donated to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by preeminent Hasui collectors, René and Carolyn Balcer.
Download the didactic panels to help prepare for your visit!