Giovanni Antonio Canal

Giovanni Antonio Canal (October 7th, 1697 - April 19th, 1768), better known under the name of Canaletto , is a Venetian painter famous for its panoramas ( Vedute ) of Venice. They were used as postcards for those which could buy them.

Career

It succeeds initially in decorations of theater, then painted Sights of Venice which are very required; it was useful with advantage of the obscure room for the lines of its tables. He was the son of the painter Bernardo Canal, from where his nickname Canaletto . Many of its paintings were sold to the English making the Grand Turn. Most of its works is preserved by the British Monarchie. It was inspired by the vedute of Pannini. It is characterized by the accuracy from its effects, by the transparency of the funds and the ciels.

In 1746, Canaletto settled more particularly with London, where it painted many English panoramas, but also continued to carry out sights of Venice, starting from preparatory drawings which it had brought from Italy.

In 1753, it returns to Venice. In 1763, it is charged with the pulpit of Prospect to the Academy for the Art schools by the director for the institution Giambattista Tiepolo. The fabrics of its last years will be criticized for the repeated use of the topics which made its success.

One admires especially his sights of the ducal palate of Venice and the St-Marc place. Its Sights were engraved, Venice, 1742, in-fol.

Works

Grand Channel was allocated, in July 2007 in London, for 18 £ million.

See too

Workshop of Canaletto
works of Canaletto to the Offices of Florence

External bonds

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