An American Painter in Venice: Ralph W. Curtis and the Palazzo Barbaro

by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi

A biography of the American painter Ralph W. Curtis (1854-1922), of the Boston family who bought the Palazzo Barbaro on the Grand Canal in Venice in 1885. After graduating at Harvard, Curtis moved to Paris to study art with Carolus Duran, where he met his distant cousin John S. Sargent, with whom he travelled to Holland to see Frans Hals's paintings. He exhibited at the Paris salons, at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and at the Venice Biennale...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004529144
• ISBN13: 9789004529144
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"