AUGUSTE BOUVARD | Doges Palace
Oil on Canvas
45 x 64 cms / 17 ¾ x 25 ¼ inches
Signed Bouvard (lower right)
Auguste Bouvard’s Doges Palace is a stunning example of traditional Italian cityscape art, portraying the grandeur of Venice in radiant detail. One of the celebrated 20th-century artists known for his atmospheric paintings of Venice, Bouvard skilfully depicts the balance of light and water, enhancing the splendour of this historic scene. This remarkable oil painting of the Doge’s Palace, with its gondolas and golden reflections, is a lasting tribute to the city’s enduring beauty.
Auguste Bouvard’s love affair with Venice was instant and enduring. Inspired by the outstanding beauty of the city, his impressionist, warm, colourful and confident landscapes capture its unique atmosphere and charm.
Widely collected and comprehensively acknowledged as one of the finest painters of Venice, comparisons are often drawn with Canaletto, Guardi and Ziem, however many prefer Bouvard’s style.
In his early years, Bouvard honed his talents under Constant-Dufeus at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris drawing inspiration from the popular impressionist movement of the time. His birth name was Eloi Noel Beraud although he signed his paintings Bouvard, Marc Aldine and Pelletier, amongst other pseudonyms but it is by Bouvard that he is best known.
In 1928, Gladwell & Patterson, the acknowledged experts of his art, held the first one-man exhibition of Bouvard’s work in Britain, from which the late Queen Mary purchased two paintings.
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