Bernardo Canal (1664,
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
– 1744, Venice) was an Italian painter; father of the famous painter, Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as
Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Painter of cityscapes or ...
. Although he earned his living as a theatrical scene painter, he is best known for his
vedute
A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
This genre of landscape originated ...
; created under the direct inspiration of his contemporary,
Luca Carlevarijs
Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes ('' vedute'') of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by arti ...
.
Biography
In 1695, he married Artemisia Barbieri (c.1670-?), about whom little is known.
[Delneri, Annalia; ''Da Canaletto a Zuccarelli: il paesaggio veneto del Settecento'', 2003, Provincia di Udine, Assessorato alla Cultura ] In 1717, he made his first appearance on the list of members of the Venetian painters' guild and was recognized therein as a member of the College of Painters. That organization awarded him the title of "Prior" in 1739.
During his life, he was best known as a painter of theatrical sets for works by
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...
,
Fortunato Chelleri
Fortunato Chelleri (originally: Keller, also: Kelleri, Kellery, Cheler) (May or June 1690 in Parma – 11 December 1757 in Kassel) was a Baroque Kapellmeister and composer.
Biography
Chelleri's father had emigrated from Germany to Italy; h ...
,
Carlo Francesco Pollarolo and
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (4 April 167624 October 1760) was an Italian baroque composer particularly known for his more than 40 operas and intermezzos. Highly regarded by music historians of his day like Francesco Saverio Quadrio, Jean-Benjamin d ...
at the
Teatro San Angelo
The Teatro San Angelo (in Venetian) or Teatro Sant'Angelo (in Italian) was once a theatre in Venice which ran from 1677 until 1803.
It was the last of the major Venetian theatres to be built in the 1650s–60s opera craze following Teatro Santi G ...
and the
Teatro San Cassiano The Teatro San Cassiano (or Teatro di San Cassiano and other variants) was the world's first public opera house, inaugurated as such in 1637 in Venice. The first mention of its construction dates back to 1581. The name with which it is best known co ...
.
Later, he turned to painting urban scenes of Venice and, together with his son, helped popularize ''vedute''.
Both of their styles are characterized by a meticulous attention to architectural detail and lighting effects.
References
External links
More works by Canal@ ArtNet
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1664 births
1744 deaths
Painters from the Republic of Venice