1882, John Singer Sargent, Venice in Gray Weather -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Sargent made two significant visits to Venice in the early 1880s. He spent about six months there beginning in September 1880 and returned in late summer 1882 for a few more months. Although he typically avoided painting the city's recognizable sights and monuments, here, he presents a sweeping panorama of the waterfront along the Riva degli Schiavoni, toward the entrance to the Grand Canal. The Campanile of San Marco is visible in the distance at right and the monumental church of Santa Maria della Salute appears shrouded in mist on the horizon at left. With its monochromatic palette, evocative atmospheric effects, and diagonal composition, the work suggests Sargent's interest in experimentation and the influence of American painter James McNeill Whistler, whom he may have met in Venice in early 1881.
1882, John Singer Sargent, Venice in Gray Weather -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Sargent made two significant visits to Venice in the early 1880s. He spent about six months there beginning in September 1880 and returned in late summer 1882 for a few more months. Although he typically avoided painting the city's recognizable sights and monuments, here, he presents a sweeping panorama of the waterfront along the Riva degli Schiavoni, toward the entrance to the Grand Canal. The Campanile of San Marco is visible in the distance at right and the monumental church of Santa Maria della Salute appears shrouded in mist on the horizon at left. With its monochromatic palette, evocative atmospheric effects, and diagonal composition, the work suggests Sargent's interest in experimentation and the influence of American painter James McNeill Whistler, whom he may have met in Venice in early 1881.