Athe Palace
of the Doges and the Bridge of the Sighs
Bthe Large Channel in Rialto
CtheSaint-Marc Place
DSan Giorgio Maggiore
3. This artist was a traveller and he went on location to take in
the atmosphere and the color changes according to the time, i the season and the
circumstances.
The middle of the year 1830 is marked by the multiplication of the sights of Venice and
the lagoon, bathed in a dusty light.
Venice fascinated him and stimulated his imagination.
Of which movement is this painter often regarded as a precursor?
A Abstract art
B Surrealism
C Dadaism
D Futurism
' the large channel
' the large channel '
4. Who painted this painting?
AThomas
Eakins
BJohn Singer Sargent
CMary Cassatt
DRichard Wilson
5. Which nationality is this painter?
AEnglish
BIrishman
CAmerican
DAustralian
'Venice in twilight ' (about 1901-02)
Oil on fabric. 65,4 X 46,3 cm.
Museum of the fine arts of Montreal
6. Which painter painted this sight of Venice?
AJames Abbott Mac Neill Whistler
BJames Wilson Morrice
CEdmund Morris
DMaurice Cullen
7. To return the gleaming of the setting sun on the Large Channel,
this Canadian artist uses what kind of touch:
Arealistic
Bromantic
Cimpressionist
DSymbolist
'Palazzo da Mula' (1908)
8. Which French painter is the author of this painting?
AClaude Monet
BEduardo Manet
CPaul Cézanne
DPierre-Auguste Renoir
9. This painter made one two month stay in Venice during the autumn
of 1908, and brought back landscapes representing the Ducal Palace, San Giorgio or Salute.
They say that he was not entirely satisfied with this series.
A return to Venice being excluded because of the illness of his wife, he had to work from
memory in his workshop. The paintings of the official monuments or the Large
Channel include a sky, but the others, are limited to the frontages of the palaces and
their reflection in the water. He finished this series only in 1912.
In 1912 he obtained a great success at the Bernheim-Young Gallery in a show devoted
to Venice .
10. This artist is also known for his series of paintings with the
subject of the prone water lilies and also other series like the haystacks and the
Saint-Lazare train station.
But he is especially famous for the series of sights at the various hours of the day
painted at the time of two stays in 1892 and 1893 of the cathedral of: