Venice through American eyes
Frank Duveneck, Water Carriers, Venice, 1884, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Reverend F. Ward Denys, 1943.11.1 Exhibit on display at the Amon Carter Museum features the works of Sargent, Whistler and others alongside Murano glass DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com What are rooms full of luscious paintings and etchings of Venice doing at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art?
Why, they’re highlighting the work American artists created from roughly 1860 until World War I during their trips to Venice.
Murano glass As the title suggests, Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, American artists John Singer Sargent and James Whistler, the two best-known artists exhibited here, are highlighted.
And to further tie the show together, Venetian glass produced during this time period on the island of Murano is featured throughout the galleries.
