This itinerary takes the cue from the places where Eugenio Da Venezia and the groups of “the painters of Palazzo Carminati”, representative of the 18th century Venetian post-Impressionist movement, passed whole days to paint surrounded by the wonderful nature of the lagoon landscapes.
Among the generations of artists crossing the last century we linger on the so called “lagoon Post Impressionists”, to whom Eugenio Da Venezia was one of the main representative between the two wars of the 20th century.
Together with Eugenio Da Venezia, there are other important painters to mention, that are representative of this movement, such as Marco Novati, Neno Mori, Fioravante Seibezzi, Juti Ravenna, Carlo Dalla Zorza, Aldo Bergamini, Cesare Mainella.
Eugenio da Venezia was considered the “French” painters, since his stroke, that personalized more and more during the years, is similar to the atmospheres of the French Impressionists.
The main characteristic of the lagoon Post Impressionism is to be the only movement of Venice in which the pure color impose itself as the only vehicle of light, bounded to the open air painting in the lagoon.
1st stop: Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art
Here painters met and it is exactly at Ca’ Pesaro that Eugenio Da Venezia and the historical group of painters started their expositions.
Eugenio Da Venezia took part of it continuously from 1925 until 1956.
In the palace, you can admire a wide overview of Venetian and International painting of the 20th century.
2nd stop: Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa – Palazzo Carminati – The artists’ atelier
The place where still now you can find the artists’ atelier given by the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa at Palazzo Carminati.
In 1990 Eugenio da Venezia gave to the Querini Stampalia Foundation a fund of works and assets for a project to rediscovery the Venetian figurative art and in particular the one of Eugenio da Venezia’ artist friends, with whom he created the “group of Palazzo Carminati": Carlo Dalla Zorza, Fioravante Seibezzi, Marco Novati, Aldo Bergamini, Mario Varagnolo, Juti Ravenna, Neno Mori e Luigi Scarpa Croce.
The fund consists of twenty-five paintings of his own and five by Novati, Mainella, Bergamini, and it was then enhanced by his heirs and other generous collectors with paintings and drawings by Novati, Juti Ravenna, Neno Mori, Mario Varagnolo, Carlo Dalla Zorza, Armando Tonello, Eugenio Da Venezia, Pieretto Bianco e Gigi De Giudici.
3rd stop: Eugenio Da Venezia’s home, San Marco nr. 4494, Calle della Sacrestia
This is the home and the atelier where Eugenio Da Venezia lived and painted.
The house, which is not open to public at the moment, was given by the master of the Querini Stampalia Foundation of Venice.
4th stop: Venice Biennale
Eugenio Da Venezia attended to ten editions of the Biennale in Venice, from 1932 until 1956.
This participation proves his love for art and his city, then became a “controversy” towards the new avant-gardes, as a proof of his impressionistic and lagoon post impressionistic painting devotion.
5th stop: Murano, Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo
Immersed in the northern lagoon, these are the places of the open air painting.
Here all the artists spent their days painting the colors of the houses, the bridge of the devil, the Basilica with Attila’s throne, the vegetables gardens, the canals, the hanged laundry, the mudflats.
6th stop: Cavallino, Treporti
In this enchanting and isolated corner of the lagoon near Venice you can find again all the colors, houses, plantations, mudflats, that are in the Venetian post-impressionist paintings.
Places:
- Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art
- Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
- Eugenio Da Venezia’s home
- Biennale Gardens
- Venice northern lagoon islands: Murano, Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo
- The neighbourhood: Cavallino, Treporti
Useful Information:
To detailed study the life of Eugenio Da Venezia and his fellow painters visit the website www.eugeniodavenezia.eu
