Hokusai: Mad About Painting (Dr. Frank Feltens Lecture)
In this July 28, 2020, presentation, Dr. Frank Feltens, Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, introduces the current exhibition Hokusai: Mad About Painting, featuring the renowned works by Hokusai assembled by one of America’s greatest collectors of Asian art, Charles Lang Freer. This exhibition presents a new focus on Hokusai’s work, one based on the collecting criteria of Mr. Freer, and includes paintings, e-hon, preparatory drawings and other ephemera in the collection.