01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #42

Félix Ziem, 1821-1911, FRENCH

VENICE, SUNRISE OVER BACINO DI SAN MARCO

Oil on canvas

21 3/8 by 27 3/4 in., 54.3 by 70.5 cm

Private collection

Félix Ziem was the painter of Venice par excellence. In Venice, Sunrise over Bacino di San Marco, Ziem has positioned the viewer on the Molo, evidenced by the piers at lower right and the quickly rendered dock workers on a wharf at left, a favorite vantage point of the master of vedute painting, Canaletto. Looking across the Grand Canal at the ebb and flow of gondolas, his view is bathed in the golden light of sunrise. With characteristic gusto and a careful understanding of the effects of sunlight, Ziem reflects the iridescent light off of the water to brighten the rising clouds and pink granite of the Palazzo Ducale. More on this painting

Félix Ziem (February 26, 1821 – November 10, 1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School. He was born Félix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem in Beaune in the Côte-d'Or département of the Burgundy région of France. His mother was a native of Burgundy who had married an immigrant. Originally, Ziem planned to be an architect and studied at the School of Architecture in Dijon, and for a time he worked as an architect. In 1839 he moved to Marseilles, where he received some informal instruction in painting from Adolphe Monticelli. Painting developed from a hobby into a career following a visit in 1841 to Italy, where he fell in love with the city of Venice, a place that would become the source for many of his works, and to which he returned annually until 1892. Apart from Venetian scenes, he also painted many still lifes, portraits, and landscapes from a variety of places including Constantinople, Martigues, Cagnes-sur-Mer and his native Burgundy. More on Félix Ziem

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