Eugenio Da Venezia


Eugenio Da Venezia was an Italian painter. He was a member of the group known as I Giovani di Palazzo Carminati. This group rejected the prevailing style of the Italian Academy at the beginning of the 20th century. Da Venezia painted in a post-impressionist style, influenced by the Venetian tradition of the vedutisti. He exhibited in ten editions of Venice Biennale between 1934 and 1956, including the XL anniversary in 1935.

Biography

Eugenio Da Venezia was born in Venice. He trained at the Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. His teachers were Ettore Tito, Emilio Paggiaro and Vittorio Bressanin. Later he studied at the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa in Palazzo Carminati in Venice, where his painting style developed. Here he was part of the group later known as I Giovani di Palazzo Carminati with Marco Novati, Fioravante Seibezzi, Juti Ravenna, Neno Mori, Mario Varagnolo and others. This group was influenced by Pio Semeghini and by the Scuola di Burano. They were an anti-academic movement characterized by clear tones, and direct contact with nature. Eugenio Da Venezia and his painters friends rejected the avant-garde art for a real representation of the nature, portraits, still life using the colour as main element, according to the history of Art Venice tradition.
From 1925 to 1956, Eugenio Da Venezia started exhibiting at annual exhibitions of Ca' Pesaro. During the Venice Biennale in 1934 he met the art magnate, the Duc de Trèvise, and the old Pierre Bonnard. They were impressed by Da Venezia's great skill as a colourist. As a result of this general appreciation from 1935 to 1940 he lived and exhibited in Paris. Back in Italy he participated in numerous exhibitions, including different editions of Venice Biennale, the VI Quadriennale di Roma in Rome, the Michetti Prize, the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa and many others.
During the second half of the 20th century he continued painting and exhibiting throughout Italy, receiving numerous feedbacks of respect. Da Venezia's style remained post-impressionist until his death, rejecting avant-garde art movements such as Futurism, Cubism, Abstract art, Action painting.
From the beginning of the 21st century the Italian art critic and curator Alain Chivilò decided to create a web site as tribute to Master Eugenio Da Venezia. For the first time a painter of I Giovani di Palazzo Carminati group has dedicated an official internet page: biography, exhibitions, critical texts, photos, paintings and many more.

Exhibitions

;Posthumous exhibitions
YearPlaceExhibition
1994VeniceCentro d'Arte San Vidal
2002Bassano del GrappaChiesetta dell'Angelo

;Other exhibitions at which Da Venezia's work was displayed
YearPlaceExhibition
1933WienExhibition promoted by Venice Biennale
1935RomeII Quadriennale
1935NaplesMostra Interregionale d’Arte
1937VeniceVIII Mostra Interregionale del Sindacato delle Belle Arti
1943RomeIV Quadriennale d’Arte Nazionale
1947RomeV Quadriennale d’Arte Nazionale
1951RovigoMostra Nazionale di Pittura
1951VenicePremio Burano
1952TriesteMostra Nazionale d’Arte
1976Piazzola sul BrentaBautta-Burano 50 Anni di Pittura
1977VenicePremio Marco Novati
1981Piazzola sul BrentaV Rassegna degli Artisti delle Tre Venezie
1991Concordia SagittariaVedutisti Veneziani del 1900
1998Conegliano VenetoPalazzo Sarcinelli: 1988 - 1998
2003RoveretoDa Garbari a Vedova /1912-1968
2003Cison di ValmarinoDal vino in cornice alla corte di CastelBrando
2003MelPaesaggio Veneto: Toni Piccolotto e i pittori lagunari tra le due guerre
2005Piassola sul BrentaContinuità - Rassegna d’Arte Contemporanea dal Novecento ad Oggi
2007EracleaDietro il Paesaggio
2008PaduaNovecento al Museo. Per una Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea
2008Torre di MostoPaesaggi Veneti. Una collezione in divenire
2010MiraMemorie di Paesaggio. Il "Veneto felice" nei suoi pittori del Novecento
2010Torre di MostoMemorie di Paesaggio. Il "Veneto felice" nei suoi pittori del Novecento
2010San Donà di PiaveLa figura dipinta testimone del tempo: Da Venezia - Novati - Privato - Varagnolo
2010Pieve di SoligoNel Paesaggio