Planned to coincide with the IMAs participation in the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale this summer, this exhibition features works on paper by American artists who traveled to Venice in the late 19th and early-20th centuries. Venetian Views presents 28 watercolors, drawings, and etchings selected from the IMAs rich holdings in this area. Among the artists are expatriates John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler as well as Robert Frederick Blum and Frank Duveneck. I addition to exploring the American fascination with the Italian Grand Tour and the glories of Venice, the exhibition will address the role of Venetian subjects in each artists larger body of work. Venetian Views explores a critical chapter of Americ artists enduring engagement with Venice.
No photography is available for this exhibition.
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MA-251861-OMS-22].