Jour de Fête à Venise
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This brilliantly colored image of the famous façade of Saint Mark's is one of Vail's best-known works. The large canvas demonstrates the dramatic change after the turn of the century in both his subject matter and style, away from the somber figure subjects that had reflected his Parisian academic training. The artist has manipulated the composition to emphasize those elements he found to be most visually dynamic. The enormous flags play as prominent a role in the image as the landmark cathedral itself. The artist later commented, in fact, that the flags, their volume and their movement, were the actual subject of the painting.
Caption
Eugene Lawrence Vail American, 1857–1934. Jour de Fête à Venise, ca. 1904. Oil on canvas, 68 x 78 3/4 in. (172.7 x 200 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins, 32.116. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.116_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Jour de Fête à Venise
Date
ca. 1904
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
68 x 78 3/4 in. (172.7 x 200 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "Eugene Vail"
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins
Accession Number
32.116
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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