(28 October 1697 - 19 April 1768) better known as Canaletto, was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching. He was born in Venice as the son of the painter Bernardo Canal, hence his mononym Canaletto ("little Canal"), and Artemisia Barbieri. His nephew and pupil Bernardo Bellotto was also an accomplished landscape painter, with a similar painting style, and sometimes used the name "Canaletto" to advance his own career, particularly in countrieseGermany and Polandewhere his uncle was not active.   Related Paintings of Giovanni Antonio Canal :. | Primavera | Portrait of Sawa Yakovlev | Old Soldier | Painting by Henry Dawson 1847 of King Charles I raising his standard at Nottingham Castle 24 August 1642 | The Spinner, Goat-Girl from the Auvergne |
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Eugen von Blaas
painted In the water in 1914
Kasimir Sergeevich Malevich
Ukrainian Cubist Painter, 1878-1935
GIJBRECHTS, Cornelis
Flemish painter (b. ca. 1630, Antwerpen, d. after 1675, Copenhagen).