House by the Brook

Painting

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

House by the Brook

Entry/Object ID

1997.14.04

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor, Paper

Acquisition

Accession

1997.14

Source or Donor

Greater Lafayette Museum of Art

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art

Made/Created

Artist

Hachiro Nakagawa 中川八郎

Date made

1902

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Japan

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Exhibition

Legacy of Gifting: Donations from the Lafayette Art Museum (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label Type

Exhibition label

Label

Nakagawa Hachirō 中川八郎 (1877–1922) House by the Brook, 1902 Ink on paper watercolor 1997.14.04 Like Hiroshi Yoshida, Nakagawa Hachirō was trained in Western style painting, called yōga. He was principally a watercolorist, depicting landscapes. In 1899 he traveled abroad to see the US and Europe with Hiroshi Yoshida, taking painted canvases to sell as a way to fund their journey. This work was painted in 1902, the year he returned to Japan and co-founded the Taiheiyo Gakkai, an art school focused on Western style painting. The influence of impressionism can be seen in the soft lines, broken brushwork, and diffuse light found in this work. This work is an excellent example of Nakagawa Hachirō’s style and mastery of his medium.