JACQUES FRANÇOIS CARABAIN (Belgian, 1834-1920). Une Vue a Venise, San Giorgio dei Greci, Italie, 1900. Oil on canvas. 30...

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JACQUES FRANÇOIS CARABAIN (Belgian, 1834-1920)
Une Vue a Venise, San Giorgio dei Greci, Italie, 1900
Oil on canvas
30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
Signed lower left: Jacqs. Carabain
Signed and dated 1 juin 1900 on letter verso
Handwritten letter from the artist testifying that this painting is from his hand, preserved on crossbar of stretcher verso.

PROVENANCE:
Gumps, San Francisco, California (label verso);
Private collection, San Antonio, Texas, 1956;
By descent to the present owner.

Jacques Francois Carabain was one of the finest city view painters of the 19th century. Born and raised in Amsterdam, he trained at the Amsterdam academy and soon traveled widely throughout Holland, France, Italy, Germany and even Australia in search of subjects. He eventually settled in Belgium and became a citizen of that country those principal towns and cities he painted often and well. His most prized city paintings were and remain those of Venice, where he relished rendering reflections on the narrow canals with a vivid palette.





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