Bronislawa Rychter-Janowska, VENICE. PALAZZO VENIER DEI LEONI, 1924

23,2 x 33,8 cm - oil, cardboard

Signed l.d.: B. RYCHTER-JANOWSKA. | VENEZIA. 1924.

The painting shows a view from Venice's Canale Grande of the Venier dei Leoni palace. Construction of the palace began in 1794 by the Vernier family, but both historical events and the family's financial troubles prevented its completion. Only the first of five planned floors was erected. The grounds include one of the few gardens in Venice.

The palace changed owners several times in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and in the first half of the 20th century. In July 1949 it was purchased by Peggy Guggenheim, who made it a home for herself and her, world-famous, collection of contemporary art.



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Bronislawa Rychter-Janowska (Krakow 1868 - Krakow 1953) - an artist known as "the painter of vanishing Polish manor houses", began her painting studies in Krakow under the guidance of her brother, painter Stanislaw Janowski, and at the courses of A. Baraniecki. Ludwik Boller (a Munich painter, working on Panorama of the Tatra Mountains at the time) also gave her private lessons. In 1896 she went to Munich for further studies and studied with Anton Ažbé and Simon Hollósy. She traveled extensively, still going to Hungary and Italy, where she studied further at the Florence Academy and in Rome. Initially associated with Krakow, she settled in Stary Sącz around 1906, where she ran a private painting school for some time. In 1917 she returned to Cracow. She continued to travel extensively, going "in search of beauty" to Italy, North Africa or Turkey. She painted in oil, watercolor, pastel, made macatas and appliqués. Beginning in 1901, she repeatedly showed her works at exhibitions in Krakow, Warsaw, Lviv , Prague, Vienna, Rome, Venice, Florence. She painted numerous landscapes (including many Italian ones), views and interiors of manor houses or churches, scenes of village life, and portraits. She was active in journalism and literary works (including the novel Beyond Rome, the novella Strzygoń); she wrote several dramas (Monk, Parasite) and extensive Memoirs. She was the wife of painter Tadeusz Rychter and sister-in-law of Gabriela Zapolska.