Antonio Canaletto
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 1697.10.18
Place of birth: Venice
Date of death: 1768.04.20
Place of death: Venice, Italy
Category: artist
Date of birth: 1697.10.18
Place of birth: Venice
Date of death: 1768.04.20
Place of death: Venice, Italy
Category: artist
Identity:
Giovanni Antonio Canal ('Canaletto') was a Venetian painter, etcher and draughtsman.
Life:
Whistler apparently admired the work of Canaletto, despite or perhaps because of John Ruskin's criticism of it.
Bibliography:
Whistler, James McNeill, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, London, 1890 .
Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; Getty Research, website. ; The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, ed. L. Macy, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 2003).
