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Nocturne: blue and gold, St. Mark's, Venice

Artist WHISTLER, James Abbot McNeill (1834-1903)

Following his bankruptcy in 1879, Whistler spent a year in Venice where he concentrated on etchings and pastels. Only three oil paintings, produced largely from memory in the evenings, survive from this visit. This unconventional view includes the Torre' del Orologio at the left. The southernmost portal of St. Mark's is cut off at the right. The intense points of white light are gas lamps. Whistler once observed that this work was the best of his nocturnes. Gwendoline Davies purchased it in 1912.

Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 210

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/4/1952

Measurements

h(cm) frame:75.4
w(cm) frame:90.5
d(cm) frame:9.0

Techniques

canvas

Material

oil

Location

Gallery 16a

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Painting Fine Art Record to be verified AFA Tour (Turner to Cézanne) 2009-2010 Celf Cymru Gyfan - ArtShare Wales (Visitors to Venice) Davies sisters Landscape Aestheticism Venice

Comments - (1)

17 January 2016, 19:22
I just saw this painting at your museum today. This work features some amazing subtle light and dark textures. I could have stared at this painting for hours.

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