Venice (Canal View Along the Fondamenta S. Giuseppe)
by Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915)17½ x 24¼ inches
Signed lower left: F. Hopkinson Smith
Provenance
McClees Galleries, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Sale, Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey, November 10, 2023, lot 131
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
Related Work
On the Way to the Public Garden, ca. 1895, opaque watercolor and pastel over graphite on paper, 18¼ x 29 inches, signed lower left; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Note: In this work, Francis Hopkinson Smith paints the canal waters along the Fondamenta S. Giuseppe in Venice, Italy.
Artist Biography
It takes a great man to do one thing well; Mr. Smith can do several excellently, as well as paint admirable pictures.[1]
By Nina Sangimino
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VIII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
Renaissance-man Francis Hopkinson Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 23, 1838. His lineage includes a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[2] This self-taught artist started
