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85. Venice (View of Ca' d'Oro) [1926]

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85. Venice (View of Ca' d'Oro) [1926]

Nicolae Dărăscu

1883, Giurgiu - 1959, Bucureşti
Estimate:
EUR 18.000 - 25.000

References

DRĂGUȚ, Vasile, "Nicolae Dărăscu", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1966. DEAC, Mircea, "Impressionist Landscape in Romanian Painting", Official Gazette, Bucharest, 2009.

oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm, Signed and dated illegible at the bottom right, in black, "N. Dărăscu, 1926"

PROVENANCE

Fred Segal collection

The work belongs to Nicolae Dărăscu's period of artistic maturity, a stage in which his creation is deeply influenced by Impressionism and an interest in how light transforms and shapes the landscape. In his depictions of Venice, the artist does not aim for a faithful description of the city but rather for the conveyance of its atmosphere, sensitively capturing the play of light, the transparency of the water, and the reflections of architecture on the canal surfaces. The theme of Venice holds an important place in Dărăscu's oeuvre because the city offers the artist exactly what he seeks in painting: changing light, water, reflections, and the urban landscape. The sky, building facades, and boats are in a constant chromatic dialogue, and the image is constructed more through relationships of color and light than through firm contours. The luminous color palette, dominated by blue, white, and black, arranged in subtle and vibrant contrasts, gives the composition an artistic atmosphere and remarkable visual freshness. Nicolae Dărăscu’s interest in Venice begins as early as 1909, and he revisits the city repeatedly from the 1910s through the 1950s. The practice of plein air painting, directly in front of the motif, contributes to the spontaneous

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Tue, 20 October 2026, 19:00

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