Waterfall
Senju Hiroshi

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
The artist Senju Hiroshi specializes in large paintings of waterfalls and cliff faces, which he creates using traditional Japanese painting materials that he applies in nontraditional ways. After years of observation and practice, Senju has learned to capture both the dynamics of running water and the atmospheric conditions created by mist. In contrast to traditional ink painting, for his depictions of waterfalls Senju starts with a dark ground, then uses white paint as the medium.
Caption
Senju Hiroshi (Japanese, born 1958). Waterfall, 2012. Natural pigments on paper mounted on board, height: 76 5/16 x 63 13/16 in. (193.8 x 162.1 cm) frame: 76 7/8 x 64 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (195.3 x 163.5 x 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sundaram Tagore, 2015.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Waterfall
Date
2012
Period
Heisei Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Natural pigments on paper mounted on board
Classification
Dimensions
height: 76 5/16 x 63 13/16 in. (193.8 x 162.1 cm) frame: 76 7/8 x 64 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (195.3 x 163.5 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sundaram Tagore
Accession Number
2015.4
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