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).
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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