Descripción
Old Painting by Félix François George Philibert Ziem (1822) View of Venice
without frame: 56 cm (22”) x84 cm (33”)
framed: 78 cm (31”) x 105 cm (41”)
Original frame.
The painting has sectors with its craquelet paint but without missing parts. needs cleaning.
Unfortunately you cannot see if it has his signature because the entire bottom part is very dark and it is impossible to find without cleaning.
Fortunately we found that this work was reproduced printed on paper and on the back the gallery comments mention the artist and his attributes.
read below…
The comment below was written by James v. Kaiserl. Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg behind the printed representation of this work called View of Venice
a Is the French romantics determined to conquer color, she said
the Orient mighty. Classicist purism had the European eye
alienated from all color. For the more intimate color moods of Nordic nature
Even the painter’s eye could not be immediately receptive to the strong tones of the Orient
days to travel around so more about playback. A virtuoso in this direction was Félix
Seem. Constantinople and Venice were there for everyone; especially sincerely
Venetian views, the best known of which was painted in 1852 and hangs in the Luxembourg,
established his reputation. Our picture, which does not have a year, may not last long days
night stood signal before Ziem showed off his skills in countless bravura pieces
resistance and the love of the American people. And here we are, that’s it
Seem in the first line on the utilization of the color tones arrived; the vedute-like
is of little interest to him. Two blue flowers never come from the ground: Lagoon
and sky, which both face the horizon, there wed as third value
the buildings are pushed in, with the fourth darkest tone being the ship’s
smaller contrast bulls. The buildings themselves form a series of alternating type
and gray images: Dogana S. Maria della Salute; the houses on the grand canal
that Markus Library; of the Doge’s Palace and the Campanile of S. Marco
and the Prigioni; here and there, in the Giardino pubblico near the library, in the helmet
The Campanile is as good as a clear sounding tone. I was happy to hear it
as well as the beautiful church of the Markuskirche, their dark tone with them
Silvergrey of her sisters incendiary contrast. That is a work of art
Virtuosos, among the Doge’s Palace, now see their colorful plane exploits,
If there is a solid gel mass, yes, if the reality is southerly in the upper areas
Half the hell makes it appear as in the lower one, for which the white arcades are
should be the relevant colored element. That the forms in which I am whole will-
Recently treats since, it is clear that it is clear, yes it increases even the
Suspicious, that’s the only way to look at it, don’t worry, otherwise
See the building now with its colorful colors, which is the basis of the reality
only in the general order accordingly. The willful grouping is in
the group of ships on the right is clearly recognizable. Into this dark mass are with
Refinement that both sails, the gel and the white, are integrated in parallel.
The interruption of the blue water fish with the colorful ones is just as clever
Costume of the gondola driver in the middle of the picture. If the picture, despite all will,
free-spirited but still beautiful Eindhoven power, and yet the eternal splendor of Venice
reflects, it is due to the extraordinary knowledge of this color weaving,
that Ziem owned. In Venice, there lived with a signal woman on a Chioggioten barque,
who you see on the right with an image that you see now, always in motion and always be
Study of color effects. In this way he acquired the material of perception through constant work
for many virtuosos color pieces.
James v. Schmidt