Humor Arts Museum

Daikokuten

Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese Daikokuten from Album of Sketches
Original in Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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Hokusai (1760-1849) was an ukiyo-e artist of the Edo Period, both a painter and printmaker. He is best known for his woodcut series "Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji."

Clairvoyance

Rene Magritte, 1936, Oil on canvas​

Magritte was a Belgian surrealist well known for his witty and thought-provoking work. His highly realistic but romantically painted arrangements of objects in space inspired new meanings of familiar things and created atmospheres and scenics that were both eerie, charming, and shrewdly comic. Although he had difficult times throughout his career and was often unable to support himself and his family by painting; history has shown how much he ultimately influenced pop, minimalist, and conceptual art.

John O’Brien started cartooning later in life, in the late 80s. His career was kicked off by interest from the New Yorker. His drawings center on sight gags rather than captioned illustrations.

Welcome to cartoon week! This week you can expect to see artworks from our current display, Beloved Cartoons, curated by Robert Quick Bostick. Today’s toon is by Charlie Hankin, a Los Angeles-based artist with credits featuring The New Yorker and Comedy Central. This piece explores the ideal way to capture the attention of your colleagues (if they happen to be cats).