Cincinnati Art Museum, John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 7–November 20, 1966. (Exhibition catalogue: Baskett 1966); (Exhibition catalogue: Boyle 1966–I), no. 8, as Venitia, lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Literature

Hale 1957

Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol 2, p. 502 (catalogue G, no. 648), as Venice. (Hale concordance).

Jayne 1966

Jayne, Horace. "A Pioneer American Impressionist." Pharos 4 (Spring 1966), pp. 10–11 ill. in b/w, 12, as Venitia.

Lesko 1994

Lesko, Diane, ed. Catalogue of the Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994, pp. 138–39 ill. in color, as Venice (Veneto Landscape).

Commentary

In this Venetian scene, Twachtman's view was from the Giudecca or the Sacca Fisola on the Giudecca Canal. On the extreme right is the Church of Santa Maria della Salute and the Tower of San Marco. Toward the left are the Church of the Gesuati, partially hidden by trees, and the tower of the Church of San Basilio. Twachtman accommodated his panoramic perspective by his choice of a horizontal format, portraying the city as an illuminated shape against the darkened land and hazy sky. Depicting two figures in the distance gazing toward the city, Twachtman acknowledged his own contemplative experience in seeing Venice from afar.

External Links

Museum website (mfastpete.org)

Citation: Lisa N. Peters. John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, Conn.: Greenwich Historical Society, 2021 (jhtwachtman.org).
This page: https://www.jhtwachtman.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=8 accessed on May 12, 2025.

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