Piazza San Marco à la recherche du sud et de l'ouest

ID: #35432 | Baroque | Architecture

Date: 1763
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA
Dimensions: 56.5 x 102.9

Canaletto painted picture Piazza San Marco à la recherche du sud et de l'ouest in 1763. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vert and its shape is long. Original size is 56.5 x 102.9. This art piece is located in Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Canaletto (1697-1681) was born in Venice. He, along with his brother, learned painting from his father. He started as a painter of theatrical backdrops. In his free time, he painted everyday urban life. When he left his father’s workshop, he went to Rome for inspiration. There, he perfected his fondness for painting architectural elements. This can be seen in the detailed Baroque paintings of Venice, where he captured Venice in the period of its greatest beauty and glory. Thanks to the merchant Joseph Smith, Canaletto’s paintings were sold even in England. However, in 1740, the war disrupted the market and a the flurry of British tourists traveling to Venice decreased. This prompted Canaletto to travel to London to keep his clientele. However, English critics described his work as repetitive, and he was labelled a fraud. He did not manage to fix his and so he returned to Venice, where he became a member of the Academy of Arts and painted until his death in 1768.