tchoukisumi sumi-e THE FIRST SUMI-E ARTISTS WERE THE MONKS OF BUDDHIST MONASTERIES.  PRIMITIVE BRUSHES WERE CREATED FROM ANIMAL HAIR AND GLUED TO THE ENDS OF BAMBOO STICKS.  THE ATTRACTION OF SUMI-E WAS AND IS FAR-REACHING. SUMI-E PAINTERS INCLUDE SAMURAI WARRIORS AND ABSTRACT RENDERINGS BY CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARTISTS TODAY.  SUMI-E BEGINS WITH THE TRADITIONAL STUDIES OF NATURE, BAMBOO, PINE, CHRYSANTHEMUM, AND CHERRY BLOSSOM, BUT THE TECHNIQUE AND AESTHETIC APPROACH OF SUMI-E CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY SUBJECT - ANIMALS, NUDES, CITYSCAPES ... © tchouki

In the late 19th century, Far Eastern art, especially the traditional Oriental brush painting known as Sumi-e,  fired the European imagination and helped push Western painting in the direction of stylization and abstraction. Without this cross-fertilization, a host of post-impressionist movements from Art Nouveau to Fauvism, might never have occurred. Now anyone interested in experiencing contemporary versions of the art that inspired Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse and a host of other luminaries can take a class in this influential art form.

Vers la fin du 19eme siecle, l'art particulier d'extreme-orient, la peinture orientale traditionelle de brosse connue sous le nom de 'Sumi-E',  a mis le geu a l'imagination euoropeene et peinture occidentale aidee de poussee dans la direction du stylisation et de l'abstraction. Sans cette croix-fertilisation une foule des mouvements de postimpressionist, d'art Nouveau a Fauvism, pourrait ne jamais s'etre produite. Maintenant, n'importe qui interesse a eprouver des versions contemporaine de l'art qui a inspire de Gauguin, de Cezanne, de Matisse, et d'une foule d'autres luminaires peut prendre une classe dans cet artform influentiel.

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