03 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #14

Antonio Maria de Reyna, Spanish, 1859-1937 

A Venetian Canal 

Oil on canvas 

13 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches (34.9 x 74.9 cm)

Private collection

Antonio Maria De Reyna Mascau ( Coin , December 5 , 1859 - Rome , 3 February 1937) was a Spanish artist , and among the most original of his time in Italy.

From a young age he showed a predisposition and great passion for drawing, thanks to this outstanding talent, he was enrolled in painting classes at the School of Fine Arts in Malaga , where he began his artistic training.

Antonio become a celebrity in his hometown, the County Council awarded him an annuity paiment so he could expand his studies and his knowledge. This revenue allowed him to move to Italy, where he could devote himself to the study of the old masters

He chose Rome, where he visits with the most important artists of the time, and where he married the opera singer Beatrice Mililotti De Santis. Thanks to his wife's, he had important commissions from the most important families in the city.

He was considered one of the most significant authors of Venetian view painting in the nineteenth and twentieth century. He painted palaces and Venetian architecture, for this reason it was referred to as the painter of Venice using a very personal technique, which gave the works, a vibrant and intense light through a very rich palette chromatically. He has exhibited at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris in 1887 and also participated in 1901 and 1911 at the Great Exhibition of Rome.

Antonio Reyna, along with Senet has continued the tradition started by Martin Rico y Ortega, painters of light and color on the canvas that have set their impressions through animated pictorial images from the canals, gondolas, Venetian palaces and squares. More Reyna Mascau 

French School, 19th Century 
View of the Bacino San Marco, Venice 
Oil on panel 
10 x 16 inches (25.5 x 40.7 cm) 

Private collection

The view, among the most famous that Venice affords, shows the harbor basin and shipping, and the waterfront from the Mint, at left, to the incomplete façade of the church of the Pietà and beyond. 

19th-century French art was made in France or by French citizens during the following political regimes: Napoleon Bonaparte's Consulate (1799-1804) and Empire (1804-1814), the Restoration under Louis XVIII and Charles X (1814-1830), the July Monarchy under Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1830-1848), the Second Republic (1848-1852), the Second Empire under Napoleon III (1852-1871), and the first decades of the Third Republic (1871-1940).

Many of the developments in French arts in this period parallel changes in literature. More on French School, 19th Century

Jean Dufy, (1888 - 1964)

Venise, Le Grande Canal, c. 1929

Oil on canvas

25 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (65 x 80 cm)

Oil on canvas

Dufy’s composition depicts the Grand Canal in Venice. Characteristic of his style, this work is full of color and movement. Gondolas float leisurely on the canal, while a lively throng of pedestrians pass along the canal’s banks. Some seem to be waiting for their turn on the gondola, while others are merely passersby. Most of the figures are depicted in pairs, most noticeably the sailors in white uniforms walking toward the building on the left, and a pair of ladies dressed in black walking toward the viewer. The brown, white and peach tones of the buildings complement the expansive blue, white, pink and yellow sky framing the scene. More on this painting

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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