The Canals of Venice

01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #21

Bernard Dunstan R.A. (British, 1920-2017)

'The Mirror, Venice', c. 1986

Oil on canvas

69 x 73cm (27 3/16 x 28 3/4in).

Private collection

Bernard Dunstan RA (19 January 1920 – 20 August 2017) was a British artist, teacher, and author, best known for his studies of figures in interiors and landscapes. At the time of his death, he was the longest serving Royal Academician.

Dunstan was born in Teddington, Middlesex, in 1920. He studied at Byam Shaw School of Art in 1939, then at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1939 to 1941. In 1947 he was elected a member of the New English Art Club, and was president of the Royal West of England Academy from 1979 to 1984. In 1968 he was made a full member of the Royal Academy.

Dunstan taught at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol from 1946 to 1949, the Camberwell School of Art from 1950 to 1964, the Byam Shaw School from 1953 to 1974, the Ravensbourne Art College (now the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication) from 1959 to 1964, and City and Guilds of London Art School from 1964 to 1969.

Artists whose influence inform his painting include Renoir, Bonnard, Vuillard, Walter Sickert, and Philip Wilson Steer.

His works are represented in the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Collection, Windsor, and the Museum of London. He has written a number of books on painting, including Painting Methods of the Impressionists (1976).

He died on 20 August 2017, aged 97. More on Bernard Dunstan

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01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #20

Giacomo Favretto Venedig, 1849 - Venedig 1887 and collaborator

Venetian Street Scene

Watercolour,

17,5 x 25 cm

Private collection

Giacomo Favretto (August 11, 1849 – June 12, 1887) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting genre subjects in Venice, his native city.

Born in Venice into a family of humble origin, his father was a carpenter and he spent many years in the family workshop. Favretto enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1864, where he trained under Pompeo Marino Molmenti. He was said to have been discovered in a stationer's shop cutting out silhouettes to make a living. By age 30, he had lost sight in one eye.

He presented work in 1873 at the Fine Arts Exposition of the Brera Academy in Milan, where his genre painting attracted the attention of Camillo Boito. Having travelled to Paris with Guglielmo Ciardi in 1878 to take part in the Universal Exhibition, he once again presented work at the Brera in 1880, winning the Prince Umberto Prize.

The same year also saw his participation in the Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti in Turin with works featuring everyday life in Venice and scenes in 18th-century costume. Favretto died in Venice in 1887. More on Giacomo Favretto

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Andre Hambourg, 1909-1999 (French)

L''orage pour ce Soir/ The storm for this evening, c.1989

Oil on canvas

h:22 w: 27 cm

Private collection

André Hambourg (5 May 1909 - 4 December 1999) was a French impressionist, whose numerous works have earned international acclaim. His romantic compositions of Venice, luminous seascapes, and charming beach scenes, are synonymous with the highest standards of French painting.

André Hambourg was born in Paris on 5 May 1909. Entering the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in 1926, he studied sculpture under Paul Niclausse for four years. The young artist then entered the studio of Lucien Simon at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. While in the middle of his academic studies, Hambourg had his debut solo exhibition at the Galerie Taureau in Paris in 1928. He was only 19 years old at the time. Because of the early recognition of his talent, Hambourg became active in the important Paris salons in the first stages of his developing career. In 1931, he was made a member of the Salon de l’Art Français Indépendant and the Salon de l’Oeuvre Unique. More on André Hambourg

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01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #17

Rubens Santoro, 1859 - 1942, ITALIAN

GRAND CANAL, VENICE

Oil on panel

14 3/4 by 8 7/8 in., 37.5 by 22.5 cm

Private collection

The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola.

One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin; in between, it makes a large reverse-S shape through the central districts of Venice. More Grand Canal

Rubens Santoro (October 26, 1859 in Mongrassano, Province of Cosenza, Calabria – 1942 in Naples) was an Italian painter. He moved to Naples at 10 years of age, to study literature, but his inclination was painting. He only briefly enrolled at the Neapolitan Academy, instead, real life was his model. His first work was a small and simple genre piece: A Girl who Laughs, exhibited at the Promotrice. Domenico Morelli took note and encouraged him.

Santoro continually changed his vistas, painting in Torre Annunziata, Castellammare di Stabia, Procida, the Amalfi Coast, and Resina. During the long trips to the open countryside, he distracted himself by playing the mandolin. Many of his Amalfi landscapes were bought by the Goupil Gallery. Two were displayed at the 1877 Exposition at Naples: Marina di Maiuri and Grotta degli Zingari. He moved to Paris, and after an excursion in England, returned to Naples even more prolifict. His painting Verona, exhibited at 1911 exhibition of Barcelona was awarded a Silver medal. More on Rubens Santoro

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Antonio Ermolao Paoletti, (1834–1912)

A Venetian beauty, c. 1912

Oil on canvas

61 x 90.5 cm

Private Collection

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (May 8, 1834 in Venice – December 13, 1912 in Venice) was an Italian painter, mainly of Venetian genre scenes, recalling Bamboccianti life of children and women, as well as sacred fresco work for churches in the Veneto.

Antonio attended courses at the Accademia. He displayed in various exhibitions. Among his many frescoes is the main altarpiece depicting the Madonna of the Rosary with St Anthony and St Materno (1863) for the parish church of Melara. Like his father, Antonio also became a professor at the Accademia. More on Antonio Ermolao Paoletti

02 works, The Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #17

NICOLAS RUEL

Dell'Academia (Venice, Italy), 2017

Photograph printed on stainless steel

40 × 80 in, 101.6 × 203.2 cm

Private collection

Nicolas Ruel was born in Montreal in 1973. Since more than a decade, the photographer has explored the evolution of civilization and urbanism throughout three series, namely, Civilization, Cityscape and Monochrome, with a particular focus on historical sites and metropolises. The artist has developed both singular printing techniques and an in-camera double-exposure method to create unique visual signatures. His works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Europe and the United States. His photographs are part of numerous public and private collections, namely, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Power Corporation, Loto-Québec, Groupe Financier Banque TD, BMO Groupe financier, The Rothschild Group et Microsoft. Nicolas Ruel has won eight LUX Grand Prizes. More on Nicolas Ruel

NICOLAS RUEL

San Marco (Venice, Italy) , 2017

Photograph printed on stainless steel

40 × 80 in, 101.6 × 203.2 cm

Private collection

Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice. The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is surrounded by shops, caffè’s and palazzi on three sides. According to local legend Napoleon called the Piazza San Marco “the drawing room of Europe.” More on Piazza San Marco

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Bernardo Bellotto, VENICE 1722 - 1780 WARSAW

VENICE, PIAZZA SAN MARCO LOOKING EAST TOWARDS THE BASILICA

Oil on canvas

61 x 92.7 cm.; 24 x 36 1/2 in.

Private collection

The artist trained in the studio of his uncle, Canaletto, and by the age of sixteen was producing work of such quality that it was indistinguishable from, and indeed often sold as, the work of his celebrated uncle. As is the case for most of Bellotto's early paintings, the design closely follows a work by Canaletto.

The sight of the Basilica of San Marco and the Campanile flanked by the Procuratie Vecchie and the Procuratie Nuove from the West end of the Piazza down its central axis has always been one of the quintessential Venetian views, and it is hardly surprising that the many paintings of it by Luca Carlevarijs, Canaletto, Michele Marieschi and Francesco Guardi are often among those artists’ most impressive works. Canaletto’s earliest view of it in the Museo Thyssen, Madrid, datable to circa 1723, as it shows the new pavement of the Piazza designed by Andrea Tirali in the process of being laid, has long been considered one of the great masterpieces of the painter’s first style. More on this painting

Bernardo Bellotto, (c. 1721 or 30 January 1721 – 17 November 1780) was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching famous for his vedute of European cities (Dresden, Vienna, Turin and Warsaw). He was the pupil and nephew of the famous Giovanni Antonio Canal Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto. In Germany and Poland, Bellotto called himself by his uncle's name, Canaletto.
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Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. It is plausible that Bellotto, and other Venetian masters of vedute, may have used the camera obscura in order to achieve superior precision of urban views. More on Bernardo Bellotto

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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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David Roberts, R.A., EDINBURGH 1796 - 1864 LONDON

VENICE, APPROACH TO THE GRAND CANAL, c. 1855

Oil on canvas

25 1/2 by 45 1/2 in.; 64.8 by 115.6 cm.

Private Collection

David Roberts RA (b Stockbridge [now a district of Edinburgh], 24 Oct. 1796; d London, 25 Nov. 1864). Scottish painter. He was apprenticed to a house painter, then worked as a scene painter for theatres in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In 1822 he settled in London and worked at the Drury Lane Theatre with his friend Clarkson Stanfield. From 1833 he travelled widely in Europe and the Mediterranean basin and made a fortune with his topographical views.

He worked in oil and watercolour and published lavishly illustrated books, among them the six-volume Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia (1842–9). His work can be monotonous when seen en masse, but at his best he combines bold design with precise observation. More David Roberts

John Singer Sargent, (American, born Italy, 1856-1925)

Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1904

Translucent and opaque watercolor and graphite, with graphite underdrawing

18 3/16 x 22 15/16in. (46.2 x 58.3cm)

Brooklyn Museum

Sargent’s underdrawing for the church is meticulously executed in straight ruled graphite lines, whose end points are visible at the bottoms and tops of columns. Horizontal ruled lines of the stairs are visible through the washes of the figures in the boat. In contrast, the boats and figures in the foreground have minimal underdrawing and are rendered in loose, mostly wet washes. Sargent used a sharp tool to scrape off paint and create the squiggly highlights on and around the boats. This is the largest Sargent watercolor in Brooklyn’s collection. More on this painting

Santa Maria della Salute, 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, at the Bacino di San Marco, making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water. The Salute is part of the parish of the Gesuati and is the most recent of the so-called plague-churches.

The dome of the Salute was an important addition to the Venice skyline and soon became emblematic of the city, inspiring artists like Canaletto, J. M. W. Turner, John Singer Sargent, and Francesco Guardi. More on Santa Maria della Salute

John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.

His parents were American, but he was trained in Paris prior to moving to London. Sargent enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter, although not without controversy and some critical reservation; an early submission to the Paris Salon, his "Portrait of Madame X", was intended to consolidate his position as a society painter, but it resulted in scandal instead. From the beginning his work was characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly in his ability to draw with a brush, which in later years inspired admiration as well as criticism for a supposed superficiality. His commissioned works were consistent with the grand manner of portraiture, while his informal studies and landscape paintings displayed a familiarity with Impressionism. In later life Sargent expressed ambivalence about the restrictions of formal portrait work, and devoted much of his energy to mural painting and working en plein air. He lived most of his life in Europe. More John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent, (American, born Italy, 1856-1925)

Venice in Grey Weather, c.1880 - c.1882

Oil, canvas

50.8 x 68.6 cm

Private Collection

John Singer Sargent, (American, born Italy, 1856-1925), see above

Thomas Bush Hardy, 1842 - 1897

Boats in Venice

Watercolor

26 x 20 cm.

Private collection

Thomas Bush Hardy (1842, Sheffield – 1897, Maida Vale, London) was a British marine painter and watercolourist. As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy. In 1884 Hardy was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited with the Society and also at the Royal Academy.

His paintings feature coastal scenes in England and the Netherlands, the French Channel ports and the Venetian Lagoon.

Hardy had nine children. His son Dudley Hardy was a painter, illustrator and poster designer. His daughter Dorothy received an MBE after working as a nurse in the First World War. He died on 15 December 1897 in Maida Vale, London. More on Thomas Bush Hardy

Jacques-Louis-Jules David, 1829-1886, FRENCH
VENITIAN AT HER TOILET, c. 1860
Oil on canvas
148 by 96cm., 58¼ by 37¾in.

Private collection

Jacques-Louis-Jules David, 1829-1886, was the grandson of the immensely influential neo-classical Jacques-Louis David. Additionally, Jules David was an art historian in his own right, and among his grandfather's first biographers. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1849 where he studied with Cogniet and Picot. More on Jacques-Louis-Jules David

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05 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #12

Antoine Bouvard, (French, 1870-1956)

Venetian gondolier and canal bridge

Oil on canvas

50.5 x 66cm (19 7/8 x 26in)

Private collection

Antoine Bouvard, St. Jean-de-Bournay, 1870 - 1956 was a French landscape painter. He studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Constant-Dufeus and became director of a. government agency of architecture. In his paintings he specialized in views of Venice. More on Antoine Bouvard

Antoine Bouvard, (French, 1870-1956)

Venetian bridge with gondola

Oil on canvas

65 x 50.5cm (25 9/16 x 19 7/8in)

Private collection

Antoine Bouvard (French, 1870-1956), see above

Noel Georges Bouvard, (French, 1912-1975)

Venetian gondoliers with the Campanile di San Marco in the distance

Oil on canvas

48.9 x 63.5cm (19 1/4 x 25in).

Private collection

Campanile di San Marco is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, located in the Piazza San Marco. It is one of the most recognizable symbols of the city.

The tower stands alone in a corner of St Mark's Square, near the front of the basilica. It has a simple form, the bulk of which is a fluted brick square shaft, 12 metres (39 ft) wide on each side and 50 metres (160 ft) tall, above which is a loggia surrounding the belfry, housing five bells. The belfry is topped by a cube, alternate faces of which show the Lion of St. Mark and the female representation of Venice (la Giustizia: Justice). The tower is capped by a pyramidal spire, at the top of which sits a golden weathervane in the form of the archangel Gabriel. The campanile reached its present form in 1514. The current tower was reconstructed in its present form in 1912 after the collapse of 1902. More on Campanile di San Marco

Bouvard Noel George, 1912-1972, was born on the 25 December, 1912 in Paris, the son of Eloi Noel Beraud, better known as Marc Aldine or Antoine Bouvard. He was a recognised artist of architectural and landscape paintings, however, like his father he became best known for his works of Venetian canals. After studying at Ecole des Beaux Artists he became very influenced by his father and they worked together for many years from 1935 to 1950. Like his father, he often went to Venice to prepare his sketches and drafts from which he was able to create the flowing landscapes and harmonious arrangements, which made his paintings highly sought after in France as well as the UK. Bouvard places the scene carefully on the canvas with surrounding buildings reflecting in the water, and portrays the heat of the sun in its reflection against the stone surfaces. More on Bouvard Noel George

Noel Georges Bouvard, (French, 1912-1975)

Venetian canal with St Mark's Campanile beyond

Oil on canvas

50.2 x 65.4cm (19 3/4 x 25 3/4in).

Private collection

St Mark's Campanile, see above

Bouvard Noel George, 1912-1972, see above

William Logsdail, 1859-1944

FEEDING THE BIRDS OUTSIDE FLORIAN'S, ST. MARK'S SQUARE, VENICE

Oil on canvasboard

35.5 by 25.5cm., 14 by 10in

Private collection

Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice. It was established in 1720, and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation (with Café Procope in Paris). The Caffè was patronised in its early days by notable people including Casanova, who was no doubt attracted by the fact that Caffè Florian was the only coffee house that allowed women. Later Lord Byron, Marcel Proust, and Charles Dickens were frequent visitors. It became a meeting place for people from different social classes. More on Caffè Florian

William Logsdail (25 May 1859 – 3 September 1944) was a prolific English landscape, portrait, and genre painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Grosvenor Gallery, the New Gallery (London), and others. He is notable for his realistic London and Venice scenes and his plein air style.

In the autumn of 1880, Logsdail visited Venice where he was to remain, with occasional visits to England, the Balkans, Egypt and the Middle East, until 1900. During this early period in his career, he gravitated towards architectural and subject paintings.

He also painted some sixty-nine small paintings for the Fine Art Society on the subject of the French and Italian Riviera. In 1893, Logsdail was awarded a medal for oil painting at the World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair).

After spending two years in Taormina and Sicily, he and his family returned to England, settling in West Kensington, London. This marked the beginning of a period of portrait painting for Logsdail, who was offered so many commissions that he was able to pick and choose his sitter at will.

In 1912, he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. As his career progressed, he turned to flower studies. More on William Logsdail