About this artwork
In 1894 Annan travelled in Genoa and Venice with the artist and etcher, D.Y. Cameron. He remarked that: 'It has been when I have associated with artists that I have made my most successful pictures'. In this work, Annan has framed the posts in the water against the far towers and then waited until the oar of the drifting gondola has cut the skyline of the city at exactly the correct point to balance this striking abstract composition.
Updated before 2020
-
artist:James Craig Annan (1864 - 1946) Scottish
-
title:Venice from the Lido
-
date created:1894
-
materials:Photogravure
-
measurements:9.60 x 15.00 cm
-
object type:
-
credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
-
accession number:PGP R 167
-
gallery:
James Craig Annan
James Craig Annan
James Craig Annan, the son of the photographer Thomas Annan, studied Chemistry and Natural Philosophy before joining the family firm T. Annan. His work was exhibited by Alfred Stieglitz in New York and illustrated in the journal Camera Work. Annan was a member of the photographic association The...