Veduta
Artist
Raphael Angel Collazo
(Puerto Rican, 1943-1990)
Date1985
Object number99.2244
Mediumsynthetic glue, wood, fabric, paper, acrylic, oil, chalk, charcoal, and oil pastel on panel
Dimensions96 7/16 x 96 7/16 in. (245 x 245 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Gift of Martin Haggland, in memory of Raphael Angel Collazo
Collections
Description“Vedute,” in their traditional definition, are highly detailed compositions or topographical 'views' of urban environments with architectural elements. They were very common in eighteenth-century Venice, and artists such as Canaletto and Pannini were among the genre’s greatest masters. Collazo painted “Veduta” with elements that are closer to the avant-garde styles of the twentieth century than to Venetian painting of the eighteenth century. However, the artist fused the visual language of Abstract Expressionism with the thematic influence of the European masters of the Settecento, in a creative attempt to dispel the distance between these two periods in the history of art. This painting is part of the artist's "Tapestries" series and shows the complex artisanship, large format, and multiple marked brushstrokes that recall the appearance of woven textiles.
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