Venice, Palazzo Dario
1908
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.2 × 81.8 cm (26 1/16 × 32 3/16 in.); Framed: 79.7 × 94 × 6.1 cm (31 3/8 × 37 × 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
14630
Art Historical Context
Claude Monet's *Venice, Palazzo Dario (1908) captures the shimmering allure of Venice during the artist's late-career trip to the city at age 68. This oil on canvas depicts the elegant Renaissance Palazzo Dario along the Grand Canal, its pinkish facade reflected in the luminous waters. Monet, a founder of Impressionism, created this as part of a series of views, shifting from his famous garden scenes at Giverny to explore the city's atmospheric light and transient beauty. In Impressionist style, Monet employed loose, vibrant brushstrokes to dissolve forms and emphasize optical effects—sunligh...
About the Artist
Claude Monet · 1840–1926
Claude Monet, born Oscar-Claude Monet on November 14, 1840, in Paris and raised in Le Havre, Normandy, began his artistic journey as a successful teenage caricaturist. His formal training started at the Le Havre secondary school of the arts in 1851, where he received his first drawing lessons from Jacques-François Ochard. Around 1858, he met Eugène Boudin, who became his pivotal mentor, introducin...