Birth Year : 1697
Death Year : 1768
Country : Italy
Giovanni Antonio Canalt, known as Canaletto, was born in Venice where
his father was a painter of theatrical scenery. The young Canaletto studied
first in his father's workshop then probably under the Dutch painter van
Wittel. He next went to Rome, where he learned perspective from Panini,
the famous architectural artist. Immediately upon his return to Venice,
in 1720, Canaletto became successful as a painter and engraver of city
scenes. Among his early and enthusiastic patrons was the British consul
Joseph Smith who urged him to go to Britain. Before doing so, Canaletto
returned to Rome for a two-year stay (1740-41) making his first trip to
England in 1745. Except for two trips to Venice, he remained there until
1755. He painted many familiar English scenes and decorated many of the
Palladian villas in the southern countries. He was elected to membership
in the Venetian Academy in 1763. Canaletto had a large studio in Venice
and turned out quantities of those paintings and etchings that have made
his name synonymous with eighteenth-century Venice. These are observations
painted by a man who knew the city intimately, was saturated with its atmosphere,
and was familiar with both its festival gaiety and its everyday scenes.
Canaletto recorded his observations with clarity and delight in the color
and constantly changing atmosphere that to him was Venice.
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Grand
Canal
(Giovanni
Antonio Canale) Canaletto
Venice
(Giovanni
Antonio Canale) Canaletto
Square
of St. Mark
Greenwich
From The Isle Of Dogs
(Giovanni
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