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Canal in Venice

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 60 x 78.5 cm
  • Inv. 1920-B

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A pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, under the then highly celebrated history painter Jean-Paul Laurens, Henri Martin (1860-1943) initially painted in the style of the great Venetian masters. He received a scholarship to Italy and there discovered the serenity and the bright colour palette of Giotto's landscapes. After meeting Giovanni Segantini, Martin began to use his vibrant stroke technique for a time. Around 1889, he also experimented with the pointillism of Georges Seurat. His mystical nature finally led him to symbolism. He exhibited eight canvases at the first exhibition of the symbolist society La Rose+Croix. Martin was also a much sought-after muralist, decorating several public buildings in Paris and his native Toulouse.

Artist

Henri Martin RKD
Toulouse 1860 - Labastide-du-Vert 1943
painters (artists)AAT

Title Canal in Venice
Period 19th century
20th century
Location Venice TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: H. Martin
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1920-B
Acquisition credit purchase
Laroche-Lechat, Jean-Henri (coll.)
Ghent
1919
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1920-B
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/844/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H22 canal Iconclass
25I145 canals, waters (in city) Iconclass
41A143 detached house in city Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C23231 gondola Iconclass
61D(CANAL GRANDE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (CANAL GRANDE) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 102)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 231 (ill.))
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