''Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice'' is an oil on canvas painting by

Paul Signac Paul Victor Jules Signac ( , ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Biography Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. ...

, painted in 1905, now in the

Toledo Museum of Art The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio. It houses a collection of more than 30,000 objects. With 45 galleries, it covers 280,000 square feet and is currently in th ...

, Ohio, USA. It shows the entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice, with the

Dogana da Mar Punta della Dogana is an art museum in one of Venice's old customs buildings, the ''Dogana da Mar''. It also refers to the triangular area of Venice where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal, and its collection of buildings: Santa Maria del ...

and

Santa Maria della Salute Santa Maria della Salute ( en, Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the nar ...

in the background.Waddington, Chris "Symphony of Color", ''Arts'', Minneapolis Institute of Arts, vol. 13, no. 1, Jan. 1990, repr. p. 8 (col.)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice 1905 paintings Paintings by Paul Signac Paintings in the Toledo Museum of Art Paintings of Venice

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