27 Works, Today, April 5th is artist Albert Chevallier Tayler’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #94

Albert Chevallier Tayler (British, 1862–1925)
The Giudecca Canal, Venice

Oil on canvas
Private collection

The Giudecca Canal is a body of water that flows into the San Marco basin in Venice, Italy.

It is one of the major canals in the city, it bisects the sestieri of Dorsoduro, separating Giudecca island and district from Dorsoduro district.

Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862–1925) was an English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting, but was also involved in the plein air methods of the Newlyn School. He studied at Heatherley’s School of Art, Royal Academy Schools and with avant-garde painters in Paris. He was educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire…

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