Swallows and Wisteria by Ohara Koson, 1930s charles dyonnet and subtle bokashi (color gradation)

and subtle bokashi (color gradation) lends a velvety softness to the atmosphere

The Mediterranean Sea forms a striking boundary to the north

Painted at the height of the Romantic era

casting the oceans as a grid of practicable routes while exaggerating the magnitude of high-latitude lands—Greenland and a schematic Antarctica loom vast beside comparatively compressed equatorial continents

Cities and Towns - Arklow - Baltinglass - Blessington - Bray - Carnew - Castlekevin - Donard - Dunlavin - Enniskerry - Glendalough - Greystones - Hollywood - Kilcoole - Laragh - Rathdrum - Roundwood - Shillelagh - Tinahely - Wicklow

Swallows and Wisteria by Ohara Koson, 1930s charles dyonnet and subtle bokashi (color gradation)Swallows and Wisteria by Ohara Koson invites you into a moment of spring light and effortless motion. A leading artist of Japans shin hanga revival, Koson captured the hush between wingbeats as graceful swallows skim beneath a veil of trailing wisteria. Created in the 1930s, the composition distills a whole season into a few exquisitely balanced forms: cascading blossoms, quicksilver birds, and a blue washed atmosphere set off by soft whites and quiet