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- Francesco Guardi
- The Piazza San Marco, Venice
- about 1775
- NG 2370
- On Display
- Francesco Guardi
- Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
- about 1770
- NG 1498
- On Display
- Francesco Guardi
- San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
- about 1770
- NG 1499
- On Display
Francesco Guardi (Italian (Venetian), 1712 - 1793)
Guardi is famous for his 'vedute' (view paintings of Venice). He was influenced by Canaletto, but did not follow his precise clear style. He introduced a greater feeling for changing light effects and atmosphere into his paintings. Guardi's father, Domenico, and elder brother Gian Antonio were painters, and Francesco had begun his career collaborating with his brother on religious, historical and mythological works. He turned to view painting around 1750 and found ready buyers, not among Venetians, but in foreign visitors who wished to take paintings of Venice home as mementos of the spectacular city.
