American businessman Alan Medaugh’s unparalleled collection of prints forms the basis of a major British Museum show ...

The style of Japanese woodblock printing known as ukiyo-e (‘images of the floating world’) flourished during the Edo period ...

Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Gift of Special Collections, Norlin ...

Woodblock art of this time took influence from internal styles as well ... Hiroshige’s “Canary and Clematis” features a glimpse into the changing history of Japan as canaries were introduced by Dutch ...

Interviews with former colleagues and friends reveal that his lifelong love of the art form had its origins ... and the third was a Japanese woodblock print. "I was very surprised," Sculley ...

Prints, in the ukiyo (floating world) style, depict everyday life and pastimes of early 19th-century Japan’s prosperous urban dwellers. Prints are not framed, and borrowers must agree to standards of ...

NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Art Museum has unveiled two groundbreaking ... This technique, influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock printing, was developed by artists including Blanche ...

New Bedford Art Museum has opened two new exhibits around a unique printmaking technique and dynamic ceramic pieces. Here's a peek: ...