Una Vista Sul Mare Veneziana Al Tramonto, Albert Ferdinand Duprat (1882 - 1974)

Albert Ferdinand Duprat (1882 - 1974)

Period: Circa 1900

Title: Una vista sul mare veneziana al tramonto

Signature: Signed lower right

Provenance: Private French collection

Medium: Oil on original canvas

Size: Overall including the ornate 19th century frame 64cm x 50cm x 7cm and the painting itself measuring 43cm x 28cm

Description and condition report:

A very beautiful, signed, early Venetian seascape oil-on-canvas by Albert Duprat depicting a view of Venice at sunset with figures in the foreground and sailing ships with a beautifully atmospheric sunset. The work is beautifully painted and unlined on its original canvas and housed within a stunningly beautiful restored gilt gesso ornate late 19th century frame.

Duprat trained in Venice and painted in the manner of his contemporaries such as Felix Ziem and Adolphe Bachmann. Duprat developed his artistic skills at the École des Beaux-Art in his birth city of Venice. Most of his oeuvre illustartes his love of Italy, and particularly Venice.

The artist consistently depicted his Venetian scene of canals, monuments, and gondolas as inviting and beautifully serene insights into his beloved home city. Duprat was greatly interested in the effects of light on water, and painted in short, colorful brushstrokes to heighten this effect. The painting being offered is very typical of this style.

Duprat 's paintings are almost all views of Venice, canals and monuments, a few seascapes of the lagoon and the Adriatic, and views of the area around the town. However, he also painted views of the banks and bridges of the Seine in Paris, and the canals of Martigues, which is known as 'the Venice of Provence'.

In very good, lightly cleaned, original unlined condition, without any repairs to the verso. The superbly ornate frame is late 19th century and has been professionally restored and is stunning. (See notes below regarding frames).

Museum and Gallery Holdings include:
Aix-en-Provence
Brest
Laval

The record st auction for the artists work is auction is 6,496 USD for View of St Mark’s Square in Venice, sold at Dorotheum, Vienna in 2012. Research on retail gallery sites such as Ist Dibs will indicate the painters work at gallery archives to several thousand euros .

London, 22 May 1992: Small Canal in Venice (oil on canvas, 23 × 31½ ins/58.5 × 80 cm) GBP 3,300
Paris, 10 Feb 1993: The Grand Canal (oil on canvas, 25½ × 43½ ins/65 × 110.5 cm) FRF 25,000
Chaumont, 17 Sept 1995: The Lagoon in Venice (oil on canvas, 17¾ × 39¼ ins/45 × 100 cm) FRF 16,500
New York, 22 Oct 1997: The Quays with the Cupola of the Institut to the Right and the Towers of Notre Dame in the Background (oil on canvas, 20 × 32 ins/49.9 × 81 cm) USD 10,350
Stockholm, 23 Nov 1999: View of Venice (oil on canvas, 19 × 24 ins/47 × 61 cm) SEK 19,000
Calais, 28 May 2000: Sailing Boats on the Mediterranean (oil on canvas, 21 × 32 ins/54 × 81 cm) FRF 15,000
Versailles, 3 Dec 2000: View of Venice (1904, oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) FRF 16,000
Copenhagen, 5 March 2001: Venetian Scene (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) DKK 17,000
Paris, 6 Dec 2001: The Lagoon at Venice (oil on panel, 8 × 13 ins/21 × 33 cm) FRF 12,500
Paris, 25 March 2002: Grand Canal (1904, oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) EUR 3,500
Paris, 27 Sept 2002: Canal in Venice (oil on canvas, 21 × 29 ins/54 × 73 cm) EUR 3,500
Paris, 26 Sept 2003: Gondolas on the Lagoon in Venice (oil on canvas, 21 × 29 ins/54 × 73 cm) EUR 4,000
Neuilly, 9 April 2004: View of Venice (oil on panel, 37 × 52 ins/93 × 132 cm) EUR 8,500
Paris, 17 May 2004: Canal in Venice (oil on canvas, 29 × 21 ins/74 × 54 cm) EUR 2,800

Please note.

The frame that is included in the pictures above has been added to the artwork by a third party/the seller, as such it is not an integral part of the object. The fame is therefore a gift and is therefore being provided to you at no additional cost so that when your artwork arrives at your house you can display it on your wall. We do not send fixings unless they are already fitted to the frames. Any damage to the frame during transit does not give the buyer a basis for a claim or validate a request for the cancellation of a sale.

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