Guide to pictures of works by Canaletto

Canaletto was an Italian painter born in 1697. He got his initial training from his father. Canaletto was a townscape painter and he principally painted Venice. Architectural Caoriccio in 1723 was one of his paintings that reflect the perfection of his training.

Canaletto moved to Rome in 1719-20 and there he followed the Roman views shown in the paintings of Panini’s paintings. He came back to Venice in 1721 and till 1767 he was included in Venetian painter’s guild called fraglia. One of the finest works of Canaletto was The Stonemason’s yard (1729) it was painted so beautifully with rich colors and perfect contrasts of light and shades. Canaletto was famous for his lively and natural pictures. Here is the list of works of Canaletto:

• Architectural Capriccio – Bowes Museum, UK
• The Bucintoro returning to the Molo – Bowes Museum, UK
• Regatta on the Grand Canal, 1730s – Bowes Museum, UK
• Veduta del Canal Grande- Venice,
• View of the Molo, Venice- Columbia Museum of Art , South Carolina
• The Pantheon – Dayton Arts Institite , Ohio
• Village sur la Brenta – Foundation Bemberg Museum, France

Like the above listed works there are many more works by Canaletto are still exhibited in museum in almost all parts of the world. Many few of us know that Canaletto was also known as Giovanni Antonio Canal.

In 1730 Canaletto painted a working arrangement with Joseph Smith who was later appointed as British Consul in Venice. Joseph buys paintings from Canaletto and sells them to British customers because in those days many British visit Venice. To expand his English market he traveled to Britain in 1746 but not succeeded much and returned back to Venice . He had done painting till the time of his death in 1768 but the popularity he gained in his early years was never came back.