Guardi Francesco

Venice of the late XVIII century. was a major European port center, a fairy-tale city, a dream city. Many travelers aspired to this part of Italy, driven by numerous stories

The name Francesco Guardi is associated with Venice – the city in which he was born and died, studied painting and painted landscapes. Today, with the work of the Guards,

Francesco Guardi headed the family art workshop after the death of his brother. He began his career with portraits, wrote religious compositions and sketches in interiors, but all his life

The fire of oil depots on November 28, 1789 in the Venetian Ghetto – another alarming sign, foretold the decline of the great city. The seven-and-eight-year-old artist, despite the discomfort,

The Venetian Guardi devoted almost all his work to “leading” – the image of urban landscapes. The main heroine of his paintings was Venice. He often drew some corners of

Among the many Venetian landscape painters of the 18th century, Francesco Guardi, an artist who, like no one else, embodied the numerous streets and outskirts of Venice in his chamber