Foreword

To those who are familiar with Japanese art, the Kano school evokes a rich set of meanings, specific as well as contextual...

~This catalogue and the exhibition it accompanies make the argument that watercolor—as a medium and a mode of expression—holds an important place in the history of American art. After reading Kathleen A. Foster’s account of the American watercolor movement, which took root and then flourished after 1860 and remained an important aspect...