Sickert In Venice
Extended until 7 June due to popular demand.
"...perhaps the most important British artist of his
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Walter Richard Sickert was one of the most important British
artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born
in Germany and raised in England, he became known as the father of
modern British art, having introduced Impressionism and
Post-Impressionism to a younger generation of British painters.
Having trained under James McNeill Whistler, Sickert made
repeated visits to Venice, starting in 1895; creating some of his
most ravishing impressionist work. He painted many scenes of
Venetian architecture including St Mark's Basilica (the cathedral
of Venice) and the Rialto Bridge.
During subsequent visits Sickert moved the object of his
attention first into alleyways, and then indoors and began
experimenting with the concept of ambiguous figures in interiors,
forcing the viewer to speculate on the nature of what they were
looking at.
Through his pairing of female figures – the Venetian
prostitutes, La Giuseppina and La Carolina, sometimes dressed,
sometimes nude – Sickert discovered an approach to the subject that
formed the basis of his art for his remaining career.
The exhibition is divided into a number of themes to demonstrate
the range and development of Sickert’s Venetian: Views &
Vistas, Nocturnes, and Portraits & Figures.
The exhibition is curated by Robert Upstone, Curator of Modern
British Art at Tate Britain.
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