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)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Waterfall

Date

2012

Period

Heisei Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Natural pigments on paper mounted on board

Classification

Painting

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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