Part of The Gallery street art in Glasgow – photo November 2017
The Gallery is the work of street artist Sam Bates, aka Smug. He covered a giant wall space in Glasgow with his own interpretation of a number of famous pieces of art. Hokusai’s Great Wave is one of the best know classic pieces of art around the world, so no surprise that Smug included it in his street Gallery.
Hokusai’s work influenced many artists and writers, and has become a popular subject for street art around the world. The BBC featured several versions in an interesting article in August 2017, and here are a couple more that I have spotted on my travels:
There is also a theory that the Great Wave inspired Van Gogh in his Starry Night – do you see the rising, curving wave in Van Gogh’s stormy sky?
Could it have been influenced by Hokusai?
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 30 January 2019
Posted as part of Tuesday Photo Challenge
Travel with Intent 
Bates does beautiful work, doesn’t he? 😍🌠💕
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Amazing! My favourite is Saint Mungo in Glasgow – the old guy with a robin
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Marvelous mural! I ran across a Hokusai clone in Chincoteague, Virginia. (https://webcroft.blogspot.com/2015/08/monday-marine-murals.html)
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I love especially the first. Clever done.
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Indeed a lot of artists are mentioned in this mural and very wel done indeed.
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I thought I recognized the wave, then spotted the Dali watch there too. Very interesting Debbie, and Van Gogh could have been influenced by the wave too for sure.
Thanks for contributing.
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Beautiful. Interesting question about van Gogh. I think yes
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I think it is likely. He did write about Hokusai in glowing terms.
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The Dali watch melting down into the wave is really classy! Great find.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
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I am often amazed at the the intriguing ideas these street artists have
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…the wave would look at home here on Maui.
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so interesting and I need to bookmark this the next time Vincent comes up in a talk – and will be back here to add tot he convo
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More fab street art Debbie 🙂
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Interesting idea about Van Gogh. That first shot is fun and might be even more fun if you had a photo of a (real) person looking at a person looking at the art. 🙂 Excellent finds all.
janet
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You’re right, Janet – that would have been great.
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So you are on the outlook for artists inspired by Hokusai! That would give you an interesting collection. Nice in street art too.
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You’re right there – I shouldn’t be surprised that many were influenced by his work
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Maybe Hokusai died and was reincarnated as Van Gogh.
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But … where’s the “rose”?
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Love your ‘rose’ 😍
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Ah, homage to Hokusai!
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