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Animal paintings
 The Society for Japanese Arts had an exhibition about
a subject that has been out of the limelight for some time:
Japanese paintings. The exhibits were from the period 1700 to
1950 with animals as their subject. Displayed were Zodiac
animals, magical creatures as well as classical combinations of
monkeys against the moon, tigers among grass, or dragons in the
clouds.
The more than 80 contributions came from members of the
Society as well as museums in Europe.
The catalogue The
catalogue contains illustrations of scroll paintings, albums and
hand scrolls in full colour. Each item is provided with a
thorough description, giving details about the artist, materials
and the story behind the image. The main painting schools and
styles are represented. Catalogue by Robert Schaap and several
essays by:
- Willem van Gulik, Professor of East Asian Studies at
Leiden University.
- Dan McKee, curator at the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute
for Japanese Art at the Clark Center (Hanford).
- Andrew Thompson, restorer of Japanese Artworks.
- Arendie Herwig-Kempers, art historian.
- Henk Herwig, editor-in-chief of Andon.
Important: the hardback edition of the catalogue
A Brush with Animals
will still be available for our members until the 1st of
July 2008 for the same price as the
softcover edition. See the books page
of the publications section for a
detailed description of this offer.
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