(QP694) The category of antique paintings, Landscape Paintings, proposes a Glimpse of Venice, a Venetian canal. Art Deco. The antique painting depicts a stretch of bank with a leafy tree framing the scene. On the opposite side, Venetian palaces line up, tall and narrow, with warm-toned facades that are reflected in the water. In the canal there is a small rowing boat and in the background a white sailboat that gives movement and vitality to the scene. The reflections in the water are rendered with loose brushstrokes, capturing the light of the sunset or early evening hours. It is an oil painting on canvas from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The painting is signed in the lower left V. Brugairolles, a French painter of landscapes with figures. Victor Brugairolles (1869–1936) was born in Ganges, in the Hérault department, France, and died in Vichy. He was a student of Fernand Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, one of the most influential masters of the time. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français between 1894 and 1936. He was also an Officier d’Académie from February 15, 1900. He obtained an honorary medal in 1898 and a second-class medal in 1912. He also participated in the Salon d’Automne from 1907. The antique painting has an original gilded frame. The painting and frame have been carefully and professionally restored. YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ti6ZDKCAuCY Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs www.bisgart.com Bisgart Collection *** Canvas size: 55 x 38.5 cm Size with frame: 72 x 54.5 cm Depth: 7.5 cm Weight: 3 kg Venice Lagoon | Venice | Bisgart Collection | 19th Century Painters | French Antiques