Venetian Canal and Garden
Signed and dated lower right: Warren Sheppard / 92
Description
Marine painter Warren W. Sheppard was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, to a ship captain father who instilled in his son a love and respect for the sea. He studied privately with Mauritz F. H. De Haas and took courses in drawing at Cooper Union in New York City, and traveled along the Mediterranean coast in 1879, sketching the ports of Naples, Gibraltar, Genoa and Messina. Sheppard’s foreign tours continued between 1888 and 1893, with stays in Paris and Venice, where he captured the architecture and busy canals of the Floating City. Venetian Canal and Garden is an excellent example of his work from this period, revealing his skill for rendering sunlight and shadow on the scene while still capturing the tiniest of details in the trees and balustrade.
Provenance
Private collection, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Inscriptions
Labels
Exhibitions
Crosscurrents: the Colonies, Clubs & Schools that Established Impressionism in America, Vose Galleries, Boston, October 29, 2016- January 28, 2017
Literature
Condition
Good. The painting is wax-lined and has retouch along the left edge and in the upper left corner, and scattered minor retouch in the sky.
Frame Details
Description
Marine painter Warren W. Sheppard was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, to a ship captain father who instilled in his son a love and respect for the sea. He studied privately with Mauritz F. H. De Haas and took courses in drawing at Cooper Union in New York City, and traveled along the Mediterranean coast in 1879, sketching the ports of Naples, Gibraltar, Genoa and Messina. Sheppard’s foreign tours continued between 1888 and 1893, with stays in Paris and Venice, where he captured the architecture and busy canals of the Floating City. Venetian Canal and Garden is an excellent example of his work from this period, revealing his skill for rendering sunlight and shadow on the scene while still capturing the tiniest of details in the trees and balustrade.
Provenance
Private collection, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Inscriptions
Labels
Exhibitions
Crosscurrents: the Colonies, Clubs & Schools that Established Impressionism in America, Vose Galleries, Boston, October 29, 2016- January 28, 2017
Literature
Condition
Good. The painting is wax-lined and has retouch along the left edge and in the upper left corner, and scattered minor retouch in the sky.
