File:Robert Brokl Figures on a Bridge (after Hiroshige) 1987.jpeg

Woodblock print by Robert Brokl, Figures on a Bridge (after Hiroshige) (woodblock print, 24" x 38”, 1987). The image illustrates a key early period and body of work in Robert Brokl's career, when he gained early recognition in the 1980s for woodblock printmaking strongly influenced in subject matter by the Japanese Ukiyo-e tradition (e.g., bridges, scrolls, birds and flora) and its stylized stacking of elements and shallow space and landscape views and by the bold graphic line of German Expressionist woodcuts. This work and related works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed widely in national art and daily press publications, and collected by major art institutions.

Artist Robert Brokl. Copyright held by the artist.

Robert Brokl

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key early period and body of work in Robert Brokl's career for which he gained early recognition in the 1980s: his woodblock printmaking noted for its built-up surfaces and textures and feeling for color, mood, and light. This work was strongly influenced in subject matter by the Japanese Ukiyo-e tradition and its stylized stacking of elements and shallow space and landscape views and by the bold graphic line of German Expressionist woodcuts. It featured intertwined forms of landscape, bridges (as in this work), foliage, water, sky, scrolls, and wildlife and used color built up with multiple blocks and the grain of the wood for expressive purposes. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize a key medium, phase and body of work in his art, which brought early recognition from major art journals, daily press publications, and museums. Brokl 's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Robert Brokl, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.