San Trovaso, Venice
Maker
(Artists)
1860-1942
1860-1942
Title
San Trovaso, Venice
Date of Production
(circa) 1904
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm (canvas)
Width: 45.4 cm (canvas)
Width: 45.4 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1982.LB.402
Mode of Acquisition
Lillian Browse, gift, 1982
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Sickert made a series of long visits to Venice from 1895 to 1904, describing it as “the loveliest city in the world”. He produced a large body of paintings and drawings of its architecture, canals and its people. Sickert was fascinated by the effects of light he observed in Venice and in this painting he rapidly sketches the sunlight just catching a building in the background, while the rest of the scene is shrouded in shade. His energetic and varied brush strokes imbue the painting with a sense of vibrancy and also urgency, as if he was trying to capture the scene before losing the light.
Provenance
Bernheim Jeune, Paris (bought from the artist 24 December 1910) & Lemoinne, Georges (bought 8 March 1911); Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London (by descent) Lillian Browse (1959); Lillian Browse Gift 1982
Exhibition History
Sickert in Venice, Dulwich Picture Gallery & London & England, 04/03/2009-07/06/2009
Lillian Browse Memorial Exhibition, Browse and Darby, London, 27/11/2006-01/12/2006
Sickert with an Accent on the Theatre, Browse and Darby & Cork Street & London & England, 27/11/1992-23/12/1992 ...More
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983
Sickert Centenary Exhibition, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 01/03/1960-01/04/1960
Sickert - Centenary Exhibition, Tate Gallery, Southampton Art Gallery, Bradford Art Gallery, 1960
Walter Sickert - Jacques Emile Blanche, Dieppe & France, 01/07/1954-01/09/1954
Sickert, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1907 ...Less
Lillian Browse Memorial Exhibition, Browse and Darby, London, 27/11/2006-01/12/2006
Sickert with an Accent on the Theatre, Browse and Darby & Cork Street & London & England, 27/11/1992-23/12/1992 ...More
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983
Sickert Centenary Exhibition, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 01/03/1960-01/04/1960
Sickert - Centenary Exhibition, Tate Gallery, Southampton Art Gallery, Bradford Art Gallery, 1960
Walter Sickert - Jacques Emile Blanche, Dieppe & France, 01/07/1954-01/09/1954
Sickert, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1907 ...Less
Literature
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 60
Fig. p. repr.
cat. no. 60
Fig. p. repr.
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed by artist : lower left hand corner : : Sickert
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