Eugene de Blaas

A Pensive Moment.

In the Water.

Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio de Blaas (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1932) was an Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism. He was born at Albano, near Rome, to Austrian parents. His father Karl, also a painter, was his teacher. The family moved to Venice when Karl became Professor at the Academy in Venice. He often painted scenes in Venice. He became professor in the Academy of Venice.

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 are collected 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 Flirt.

• The Sisters 1878 (Cloister-Scene)
• Conversions of the Rhætians by St. Valentine
• Cimabue and Giotto
• Scene from the Decameron
• Dogaressa Going to Church
• Venetian Balcony Scene
• God's Creatures
• Bridal Procession, in San Marco
• Venetian Masquerade
• A Journey to Murano (Vienna Museum)
• Eugen Von Die Wassertragerin (1908)
• In the Water (1914)

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.

Sources

• Wassibauer, Thomas (2005). Eugen von Blaas: 1843 - 1931 / Das Werk - Skizzen - Aquarelle - Gemälde.  (Text in German and English)

References

Cited

• Eugene de Blaas oil painting
• Biography of old oil painting master Eugene de Blaas

External links

• Eugene de Blaas at artrenewal.org
• http://www.sr-museum.com/museo/opere.php?idart=123&tiper=1&contatore=0