World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day!⁠

Artists have been inspired by the beauty of the natural world for many centuries, and we have hundreds of artworks in our collections depicting landscapes all over the globe. ⁠

Here is one of our favourites by Japanese artist and printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858). Hiroshige often ‘broke’ the foreground of his prints by use of a dividing line, such as provided by a tree here, to frame the mountain in the background. Usually, this foreground detail is meant to attract the attention of the viewer, but not to be the subject of the print.⁠⁠