Wave and boat with Mount Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige HUGO creating a calm

creating a calm

Produced at our Berlin atelier

and quietly absorbing

it became known as Hope II through its connection to an earlier painting of the same theme

Vibrant Hillside Village captures the essence of natural forms rendered in Little Dean's distinctive contemporary style

Wave and boat with Mount Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige HUGO creating a calmWave and boat with Mount Fuji depicts the dramatic coastline at Satta in Suruga Province, where towering waves crash against rocky cliffs while Mount Fuji rises serenely in the distance. Created in 1858 as part of Hiroshiges vertical series Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji, the composition juxtaposes natures violence with its calm churning sea set against the mountains stillness. Pine trees cling to the steep cliff face, and a flock of plovers scatters