Tag: Venice
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04 Works of the Canals of Venice, by Edmund Dulac after Alfred de Musset poem, with footnotes. #132
This watercolour is the first of a series of four drawings used to illustrate the poem Venise by Alfred de Musset (1810-1857). Dulac’s illustrations were deemed to be the ideal accompaniment to de Musset’s poem… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, Federico del Campo’s Santa Maria Zobenigo, with footnotes #131
Sold for £10,062.50 in June 2020 The church, whose name translates into St. Mary of the Lily, referring to the flower classically depicted as being presented by the Angel Gabriel during the Annunciation, is more commonly known as Santa Maria Zobenigo after the Jubanico family who founded it in the 9th century. The edifice is situated on…
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, Terrick Williams’ Moonlight, Venice, with footnotes #130
Estimated for 18 000 – 20 600 USD in May 2020 John Terrick Williams RA (20 July 1860 – 20 July 1936). Williams was born in Liverpool, England, the son of a businessman. He was educated at Kings College School, London. Determination to become an artist he move to Europe and studied under Charles Verlat in Antwerp…
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, Federico del Campo’s Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, with footnotes #129
Sold for £10,062.50 in Jun 2020 The church, whose name translates into St. Mary of the Lily referring to the flower classically depicted as being presented by the Angel Gabriel during the Annunciation, is more commonly known as Santa Maria Zobenigo after the Jubanico family who founded it in the 9th century. The edifice is situated on…
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, John Aldridge’s Grand Canal, Early Morning, with footnotes. #127
Sold for £3,812.50 in May 2020 John Aldridge was educated at Uppingham School and at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. From 1928 to 1933 he lived in London, making frequent visits to Holland, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. In 1933 he moved to Essex, settling in Great Barfield. At the time he was one of a…
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, John Randall Bratby’s Venice Canal, with footnotes, #126
Sold for £2,040 in May 2020 John Randall Bratby (1928-1992), studied at the Royal College of Art (1951-54), and it was for his generation of RCA students that David Sylvester coined the phrase ‘Kitchen Sink’, to describe the realism of their art. In 1956 he was included in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and in…
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02 Works of the Canals of Venice, Alfred Stieglitz’s Venetian Well, with footnotes, #124
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 — July 13, 1946) was the eldest child of highly cultured and prosperous parents… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, Martín Rico y Ortega’s Gondolier in a Venetian Canal, with footnotes. #125
Estimated for 20,000 – 30,000 USD in Apr 2020 Martín Rico y Ortega (12 November 1833, El Escorial – 13 April 1908, Venice, Italy) was a Spanish painter of landscapes and cityscapes. Rico was one of the most important artists of the second half of the nineteenth century in his native country, and enjoyed wide international…
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01 Marine Painting, Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen’s La Champagne, With Footnotes, #322
Sold for $100,000 USD in Nov 2022 Though Moran spent a great deal of time painting the American frontier, it is his dreamy, jewel-toned depictions of Venice that perhaps best epitomize his intent to imaginatively capture the romantic, picturesque beauty and the unique sensory experience of a locale, rather than depicting reality in topographically accurate…
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01 Work , The Canals of Venice, Louis Magre’s La Salute, with footnotes, #122
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal,…
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01 Work, The Canals of Venice, Anna Lubchik’s Venice painting on canvas Italy Boats, with footnotes #119
For sale at C$2,125 in Oct 2023 Venice, known as the “Floating City,” has long been celebrated for its rich cultural heritage and contributions to the art world. Venice has served as a muse for countless painters throughout history. These masterpieces, created by both renowned and lesser-known artists, continue to captivate audiences worldwide. Anna Lubchik is a…
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34 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #1
Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals — including the Grand Canal thoroughfare — lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics… Please…
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03 Photographs of the Canals of Venice by Gianni Berengo Gardin, with footnotes #118
Gianni Berengo Gardin (born 1930) is an Italian photographer who has concentrated on reportage and editorial work, but whose career as a photographer has encompassed book illustration and advertising… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, John Randall Bratby’s Flooded Square of San Marco, with footnotes #117
Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years, leaving some parts of the historic Italian city neck-deep in water, reports said Monday. Water burst the banks of the coastal city’s famed canals, leaving the landmark Piazza San Marco — St Mark’s Square — under almost a meter of water at one point… Please follow link for full post
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15 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Centuries, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #6
By Apollonio Facchinetti, Apollonio Domenichin, Guglielmo Ciardi, Canaletto, Bernardo Canal, Thomas Bush Hardy, Edward William Cooke, Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE, MARC ALDINE and Ludolfs Liberts, … Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Rubens Santoro’s Venetian Canal, with Saint Mark’s Basilica in the Distance, with footnotes #116
Sold for $100,000 in Feb, 2020 The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark’s Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city’s churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. It lies at the eastern…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Paul Signac’s VENISE, LA SALUTE, with footnotes. #115
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal,…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Alberto Prosdocimi’s Venice, with footnotes #114
Sold for $8,125 USD in January 2020 Many domestic and international trains discharge passengers at the Stazione Ferroviaria Santa Lucia, an incongruously modern but efficient railway station in the historic center, next to the causeway that leads to the mainland. As they leave the station’s main entrance, they head toward the floating waterbus platforms. Buy a…
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01 Photograph of the Canals of Venice, St. Mark’s Domes with Venice Background, with footnotes #112
Offered for sale for C$14,500 in June 2023 St Mark’s Basilica is the cathedral church of the Catholic Patriarchate of Venice. Its model was the sixth-century Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, although accommodations were made to adapt the design to the limitations of the physical site and to meet the specific needs of Venetian…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Antoine Bouvard’s Villa on Venice Canal, with footnotes #111
Antoine Bouvard, St. Jean-de-Bournay, 1870 – 1956 was a French landscape artist who notably often painted under the pseudonym Marc Aldine. Bouvard remains best known for his renderings of Venetian canal scenes, painted in warm tones and a hazy light that often accompanies the setting of the sun. A typical work is A Gondolier Before a…
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