Peacocks
by Ohara Koson
- Date:
- description
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Peacocks — the most flamboyant of all birds — display their extraordinary tail feathers in a composition of maximum decorative richness. Koson's peacock prints allow him to explore pattern and color at a scale and complexity unavailable in most of his subjects: the eye-spots of the tail, the iridescent blue-green of neck and breast, the fan of spread feathers creating a composition that verges on ornamental abstraction. His treatment balances the peacock's display with a setting that contains rather than overwhelms the bird's extravagance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Peacocks was created by Ohara Koson (小原古邨) in description.
Peacocks was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (description).
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