Eugene de Blaas
Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio Blaas (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1932), was an Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism.
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Life and career
He was born at Albano, near Rome, to Austrian parents. His father Karl, also a painter, was his teacher. The family moved to Venice when Karl became Professor at the Academy in Venice. He often painted scenes in Venice, but also portraits and religious paintings. He became professor in the Academy of Venice.
Works
Among his works are La forma nuziale in sacrestia ; La tombola in Campielo a Venezia; Una scena di burattini in un educanciatu; and La Ninetta. The art critic Luigi Chirtani, when the painting was displayed at the Mostra Nazionale di Venezia, described it as Beautiful, flattering, pretty, caressed, cleaned, polished, laundress in a painting by Mr. Blaas, the favorite portraitist of great Venetian aristocrats, dressed in gala satins, shining jewelry, hairstyles of the rich. [1]
His colorful and rather theatrical period images of Venetian society, e.g. On the Balcony (1877; Private Collection), were quite different compared to delicate pastels and etchings of the courtyards, balcony and canals of modern Venice.
Eugene de Blaas' paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society, New Gallery and Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery in London, and also at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[2]
Paintings
- The Sisters 1878 (Cloister-Scene)
- Conversions of the Rhætians by St. Valentine
- Cimabue and Giotto
- Scene from the Decameron
- Dogaressa Going to Church
- Venetian Balcony Scene
- God's Creatures
- Bridal Procession, in San Marco
- Venetian Masquerade
- A Journey to Murano (Vienna Museum)
- Die Wasserträgerin (1887)
- In the Water (1914)
Works
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Blaas Eugen -Die Wassertragerin (porteuse d'eau).jpg
The Watercarrier
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Eugene von Blass - De Musette.jpg
De Musette
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Eugen von Blaas - Sharing the News 1904.jpg
Sharing the News
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Eugen von Blaas - The Spider and the Fly - 1889.jpg
The Spider and the Fly
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Eugen von Blaas Bildnis Arthur Graf Berchtold 1882.jpg
Arthur Graf Berchtold
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Eugene de Blaas Daydreaming.jpg
Daydreaming
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The Flirt
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Eugen von Blaas Bildnis einer jungen Dame mit Schleier.jpg
A Young Woman with Veil
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A Pensive Moment
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Blaas Eugen Von An Interesting Story.jpg
An interesting Story
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Eugen von Blaas Die Wasserträgerin 1887.jpg
Die Wasserträgerin
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Eugen von Blaas - Plauderei - 1905.jpg
Chat
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In the Water by Eugen von Blaas (1843-1931).jpg
Cultural reference
- Salim Ghazi Saeedi has dedicated a song entitled "For Eugene, Distilling the Delicacy" to Eugene de Blaas in his 2011 album, Human Encounter.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Bellina, lusinghiera, linda, accarezzata, pulita, forbita, questa lavandaia rappresenta benissimo la pittura del signor Blaas, il ritrattista prediletto delle gran signoro veneziane, in veste di gala di raso, splendenti per gioielli, compite nelle ricche acconciature. in Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 61.
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- ↑ "Human Encounter Album", Salim Ghazi Saeedi's Official Website, salimworld.com, Nov 2011
References
- Biography of old oil painting master Eugene de Blaas
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Text in German and English)
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Eugene de Blaas at artrenewal.org
