Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio Blaas (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1931), was an Italian painter in the school known as

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Life and career

He was born at Albano, near

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, to a Tyrolean father and

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mother. His father

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, also a painter, was his teacher. His mother, Agnesina Auda, was a well-to-do Roman woman. The family moved to

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when Karl became professor at the Academy of Venice. He often painted scenes in Venice, but also portraits and religious paintings.

Works

Among his works are ''La forma nuziale in sacrestia''; ''La tombola in Campiello a Venezia''; ''Una scena di burattini in un educandato''; and ''La Ninetta''. The art critic Luigi Chirtani, when the painting was displayed at the Mostra Nazionale di Venezia, described it as " autiful, flattering, pretty, caressed, cleaned, polished, laundress in a painting by Mr. Blaas, the favorite portraitist of great Venetian aristocrats, dressed in gala satins, shining jewelry, hairstyles of the rich." His colorful and rather theatrical period images of Venetian society, e.g. ''On the Balcony'' (1877; Private Collection), were quite different compared to delicate pastels and etchings of the courtyards, balcony and canals of modern Venice. Eugene de Blaas' paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society, New Gallery and Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery in London, and also at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.

Paintings

* ''The Sisters 1878 (Cloister-Scene) * ''Conversions of the Rhætians by St. Valentine'' * ''Cimabue and Giotto'' * ''Scene from the

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'' * ''Dogaressa Going to Church'' * ''Venetian Balcony Scene'' * '' God's Creatures'' * ''Bridal Procession, in

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'' * ''Venetian Masquerade'' * ''A Journey to Murano'' (Vienna Museum) * ''Die Wasserträgerin'' (1887) * '' On the Beach'' (1908) * '' In the Water'' (1914) * maiden gathering flowers

Works

File:Blaas Eugen -Die Wassertragerin (porteuse d'eau).jpg, ''The Watercarrier'' File:Eugene von Blass - Musette, 1900.jpg, ''De Musette'' File:Eugen von Blaas - Sharing the News 1904.jpg, ''Sharing the News'' File:Eugen von Blaas - The Spider and the Fly - 1889.jpg, '' The Spider and the Fly'' File:Eugen von Blaas Bildnis Arthur Graf Berchtold 1882.jpg, ''Arthur Graf Berchtold'' File:Eugene de Blaas - Daydreaming by the shore (1895).jpg, ''Daydreaming'' File:Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation.jpg, ''The Flirtation'' File:Eugene de Blaas - Curiosity (1892).jpg, ''Curiosity'' File:Eugen von Blaas Der rote Fächer 1892.jpg, ''The Red Fan'' File:Eugene de Blaas A Pensive Moment.jpg, ''A Pensive Moment'' File:Blaas Eugen Von An Interesting Story.jpg, ''An interesting Story'' File:Eugen von Blaas Die Wasserträgerin 1887.jpg, ''The Water Carrier'' File:Eugen von Blaas - Plauderei - 1905.jpg, ''Chat'' File:Eugene de Blaas On the Beach.jpg, '' On the Beach'' File:In the Water by Eugen von Blaas (1843-1931).jpg, '' In the Water'' File:God's Creatures Eugene von Blaas.jpg, '' God's Creatures''

Cultural reference

* Salim Ghazi Saeedi has dedicated a song entitled "For Eugene, Distilling the Delicacy" to Eugene de Blaas in his 2011 album, ''Human Encounter''.Human Encounter Album
, ''Salim Ghazi Saeedi's Official Website'', salimworld.com, Nov 2011

Notes

References

* (Text in German and English)

External links

*
Eugene de Blaas at artrenewal.org
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