Introducing Venice to artists and art lovers
The site is about Venice and provides resources for artists and art lovers visiting Venice. The information it contains is based on the suggestions of artists who have visited Venice or live in Venice.
You can find out about:
- art museums
- art shops
- artists in Venice
- books about artists and Venice
- guide books for Venice
The image is of The Pescheria (the fish market) in Venice - a favourite subject of artists painting in Venice because of its striking red hangings.
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- Famous Artists who have painted Venice
- History of artists in Venice
- Paintings of Venice by artists visiting Venice
- What venice looks like
- VHS videos about Venice - its origins, its buildings and its culture
- Blogging about Venice
- Making A Mark
- Venice and Flooding
- Travel Guide to Venice
- Venice by Dorling Kindersley
- VIDEOS: Venice on You Tube
- Comments and Suggestions
Venice
Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of the region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD - The New York Times
The city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 62,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazione of Mestre and Marghera; and 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon.
The Venetian Republic was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century.
Art Museums
- Venice museums
- a concise guide to museums in venice, italy
- Guggenheim
- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the most important museum in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice.
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, S. Gregorio 701, Dorsoduro (SALUTE boat stop) Phone 041.520.62.88
Masterpieces by representatives of the main 20th-century art currents and avant-garde movements.
Weekdays, weekends and holidays, 11am-6pm; closed on Tuesdays. Tickets 12,000 lire (discounts, L. 8,000). - Doge's Palace, Venice (Wikipedia)
- Palazzo Ducale Piazzetta San Marco (S.MARCO boat stop) Phone 041.522.49.51
Old seat of the government and law courts; Doges' residence from the 9th century to the fall of the Serenissima Republic. Important works of art in richly decorated halls. Guided tours of secret trails upon request. Weekdays, weekends and holidays, 8.45am-7pm. Last admission at 5.30pm. Tickets (including Museum Correr, Glass Museum, Lace Museum, Palazzo Mocenigo and Ca' Rezzonico), L. 18,000 (discounts, L. 10,000). - Gallerie dell'Accademia
- Italian only website about the Accademia Galleries
- City of Venice - Exhibitions and museums - Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca' d'Oro
- Ca' d'Oro, a 14th-century patrician palace, houses the art collection donated by Baron Giorgio Franchetti. In this Venetian-Gothic-style house, it is possible to admire Venetian-school paintings, such as the famous "Saint Sebastian" by Andrea Mantegna, Tuscanian and Dutch school works, wonderful small bronzes and Renaissance sculptures.
- City of Venice - Culture - Exhibitions and museums - Musei Civici Veneziani - Ca' Pesaro
- The International Gallery of Modern Art contains important nineteenth- and twentieth-century collections of paintings and sculptures, including masterpieces by Klimt, Chagall and remarkable works by such artists as Kandinsky, Klee, Matisse and Moore, as well as a rich selection of works by Italian artists and an important section of graphic art.
The lay-out has been completely redesigned, along with the information-apparatus, and it provides an illuminating introduction to a crucial period in art-history. - Musei Civici Veneziani
- La Sede e la Storia | Percorsi e Collezioni | Restauri | Servizi Scientifici | Attivit%uFFFD educative | Eventi | InfoenglishPalazzo DucaleMuseo CorrerTorre dell'OrologioCa' Rezzonico - Museo del Settecento venezianoPalazzo MocenigoCasa di Carlo GoldoniCa' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte ModernaM
BOOKS: Art books about Venice
Venice Sketchbook (Sketchbook Series)
Venice is seen through the eyes of artist Fabrice Moireau, with sketches in watercolor and pencil. This resident of the world's most romantic city is the perfect guide to its streets, monuments, gardens and delightfully hidden corners.
Release Date: 10/21/2004
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The Stones Of Venice
John Ruskin, the greatest Victorian bar Victoria, was an artist, scientist, poet, environmentalist, philosopher, and the preeminent art critic of his time.
Ruskin believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice. This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am here, it is a Paradise of Cities."
Release Date: 07/08/2003
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Sargent's Venice
John Singer Sargent returned to Venice many times during his life, endlessly fascinated with this enchanting city. In paintings filled with vivid colors and dazzling light, he sought to capture its vitality and unique ambience, often working while afloat in a gondola. This gorgeously illustrated book presents nearly seventy of Sargent's oil and watercolor paintings of Venice, many of them famous but others only rarely seen. The book also contains fascinating new photographs of actual sites depicted in Sargent's paintings.Sargent's early works in Venice were created in 1880-1882, and he undertook a second, larger body of work in the city during visits from 1900 to 1913. His responses to Venice-its local figures, its buildings and waterways, its extraordinary light-reflect his changing interests over time as well as his lifelong ability to extend his own reach as a creative artist. The book considers various aspects of Sargent's work and milieu in a series of informative essays by international scholars. They discuss the evolution of Sargent's style, the topography of his work in Venice, his connections with Henry James and other Americans in Venice, Italian artists in Venice in the nineteenth century, and American artists in Venice in the nineteenth century.
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Venice through Canaletto's Eyes (National Gallery London Publications)
Catalogue to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, 15 July-11 Oct. 1998
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A Visitable Past: Views of Venice by American Artists, 1860-1915
In this ambitious and imaginative study, Margaretta M. Lovell analyzes the large body of accomplished, sometimes startling, often brilliant work of American artists drawn to Venice's ragged splendor in the last century. Including major works by such diverse and talented painters as James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Maurice Prendergast, these richly varied paintings portray sleepy canals, architectural monuments, and scenes of picturesque everyday life while they also reveal surprising aspects of American culture.
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Artists based in Venice
- Livio De Marchi
- Salizzada S.Samuele S.Marco n°3157/A
30124 - Venezia (Italia)
(Take the No 3, 4 or 82 vaporetto to San Samuele and head up Calle delle Carrozze)
Email: gallery@liviodemarchi.com
Phone: +39 041 528 56 94
Other Information: Livio de Marchi
Livio de Marchi was born in venice, trained in Venice and now has his own gallery for his sculptures in wood. - Artist Roster
- Visual artists who live in Venice or did in the past; or who visited and made art depicting Venice; or who made murals or designed buildings that are an ...
- Artists in Venice
- I took the photos while wandering around the Dorsoduro area of Venice, and it felt as if there was another artist around every other corner, with different ...
- biennale venice
- Venice biennale, the participating artists, Venice biennale 2007.
- Venice Biennale - Art - British Council - Arts
- Venice Biennale site - everything you need to know about the UK presence at the Venice Biennale from the 30's to the present.
- Venice Artists' Residencies
- Artist in residence program in Venice, Italy.
- Art of Venice, murano glass galley: goblets, vases, sculptures ...
- Art of Venice is a Venetian company specialized in Murano Glass, contemporary artworks, classic Venetian objects and glass jewellery. ...
Locations of art shops in Venice
- the location of the pigment shop in Venice
- Goopglemaps provides an overhead photo and a map of the location of the pigment shop
Arcobaleno Pigmenti de Nube Massimo,
S. Marco, 3457
30124 Venezia (VE), Italy
041 5236818
Famous Artists who have painted Venice
There are those who 'poo poo' the notion of painting Venice - but it's been painted by an awful lot of rather good artists in the past...........-
J.M.W. Turner - Resources for Art Lovers
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This lens is about Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) - aka JMW Turner, one of Britain's greatest painters. It shares information about Turner's art - museums and art galleries, exhibitions and websites where you can see his work, books and ar...
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John Singer Sargent - Resources for Art Lovers
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This lens is about John Singer Sargent - noted American painter, draftsman, portraitist, muralist and watercolorist. Links are being added added on a regular basis. Bookmark and share: see the "bookmark and share" section in the right hand column to...
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Claude Monet - Resources for Art Lovers
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This lens is about Claude Monet - the artist and one of the founders of French Impressionist painting. It provides links to where you can: - find out more about Monet's life - see images of Monet's paintings - on-line or in museums and galleries arou...
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James McNeill Whistler - Resources for Art Lovers
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This lens is about James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)- an American painter and print-maker who lived most of his life in Europe. It provides links to where you can: - find out more about Whistler's life - see images of Whistler's paintings - on-line...
History of artists in Venice
- Sixteenth-century Art: Venetian Painting
- Jul 1, 2006 ... Renaissance painters from Venice developed their own distinctive style using light and a rich color palette.
- Artists in Venice
- Venice is an inspiring city for artists and provides plenty of opportunities for plein-air painting, as these photos show.
Paintings of Venice by artists visiting Venice
- Ken Howard RA - Paintings of Venice
- The Official Website of Professor Ken Howard, R.A.
- Venice Paintings
Text and pictures © Ken Howard.
Ken Howard has a studio in Cannareggio and is renowned for his paintings, in both oil and watercolour, of Venice.
What venice looks like
- Artist Reference Photos: Colors of Venice
- Venice is a city made for artists, as this collection of reference photos from Venice showing the city's colours shows.
VHS videos about Venice - its origins, its buildings and its culture
These are typically USA and Canada only
Blogging about Venice
- Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Venice 2005 - Summary
- This blog post summary provides links to all the individual posts relating to my trip to Venice in May 2005.
1. Sketching in Venice - May 2005 - introduction
2. Venice - Sunday 8th May 2005 - sightseeing, a boat race, Harry's Bar, the Dogana and the Salute
3. Venice - Monday 9th May 2005 - what to do when it's wet and windy; the pescheria and Desdemona's house
4. Venice - Tuesday 10th May 2005 (morning) - the view from the Arsenal
5. Venice - Tuesday 10th May 2005 (afternoon) - a shopping trolley, pigments and wooden pears
6. Venice - Wednesday 11th May 2005 - Piazza San Marco, lunch and sketching at Quadris and the Palazzos Dario and Barbero on the Grand Canal (both associated with Monet painting in Venice)
7. Venice - Thursday 12th May 2005 - the Friary Church and the Ca D'Oro
8. Venice - Friday 13th May 2005 (morning) - the market, the Rialto Bridge
9. Venice - Friday 13th May 2005 (lunch and afternoon) - lunch and sketching waiters, more Rialto and noisy gondoliers, exhibition
10. Venice - Conclusions - The Venice Blog
- Guide to events in Venice and hotels reviews
- Veniceblog
- A personal blog about a visit to Venice, Italy.
Making A Mark
Katherine Tyrrell's blog about: - Making marks with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Creating new drawings and paintings - Influences on developing both artwork and art careers - Interviews with artists - Information about resources for artists and art
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- Venice in Peril - The British Committee for the Preservation of Venice
- Venice in Peril finances restoration, research into the flooding problem and lobbies for the long-term defence of the city, both as a monument and a living community.
Travel Guide to Venice
- City of Venice - Home - City of Venice - Official website of the Municipality of Venice
- Official website of the Municipality of Venice, Italy. News, information and tools available to citizens and visitors
- VeNETia - The Web Site of Venice Italy Guide - Venise - Venedig
- Venice Hotels, Accommodation, Restaurants, History and map of Venezia
- Venice Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet
- Lonely Planet Venice Travel Guide. Venice travel information, advice, hotels, reviews, maps and itineraries.
- Weather in Venice, Veneto - Weather forecasts from Italy
- Weather forecasts from Italy. Weather for Venice, Veneto
Venice by Dorling Kindersley
books on Amazon
Venice (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
This is my favourite guide book for Venice - by a long way. It has fabulous graphics and the right balance between images and test plus really good guides to key sites. Plus I've never got lost using the map!
Mine is well thumbed and I'd be devastated if i lost it as the maps are also annotated with the sites where certain famous paintings were painted from!
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Venice (Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guides)
The latest version of the guide for visitors who want to make sure they see the most popular sites
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Venice Pocket Map and Guide (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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VIDEOS: Venice on You Tube
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