DOI Heft:
No. 18 (September, 1894)
DOI Artikel:Richards, Frank: Letters from artists to artists, [10], Venice as a sketching-ground
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17190#0190
Sketching Grounds.—No. X. Venice
ment of string instru- fc closest proximity to the
ments. Were it not for . ' place or point of vantage
the irritating mosquitoes Mftm ■ ■- chosen for sketching. The
one might almost fancy \- Jp*'' ' w»S little cafes, all with their
for a short space of time W&r ^^mT~"' outside tables, studded
that one was visiting a ^^Kp^wL with various coloured
new world. mJf ' bottles of wine and fruit,
Venice itself is a sylcn- dBBr "*" JP''" with their odd-shaped
did centre for the painter 'sWF* .-. ■ T chairs, and their coloured
to work from. There art ■ ''I'd cloths, shout
steamers running daily to . . tmSSr* . out the richest harmonies
the various islands a few &^Ht " •-■ " ' to the observant eye ;
miles distant, the nearest i . •' while under the awning
of which is the Lido, just . '* aHfe^. tne c'ar^ PurPle shadow is
about half an hour's steam \ • 1 always very inviting—
from Venice. It is the ?~*ijrm '"' 1 ' ''
fashionable bathing-place paint in the shade, sipping
where one in the summer ~N<I^^^^|^H^ coffee, cognac or chianti
months may bathe in more lea-
or less muddy water, with '^^pp ^HBf • Y sure,
diminished risk of coming * t'J " At Chioggia, a fishing
in contact with the thou- a y0ung gondolier *- fl village some three hours'
sand obstacles, or objects, steam from Venice, while
that are ever floating in and about the canals and lunching at a tenth-rate Italian hotel, a troubadour
lagoons. put in an appearance with his guitar. When he
On landing at the Lido, one sees or smells a recognised an Englishman he fixed himself up and
f
. ...
venetian types
hundred bits of colour worthy of making into a looked as ethereal as he knew how, and soon made
sketch. I say " smells," because from my experi- his exit; following him came a company of three ;
ence there is always an unpleasant odour in the they played their " Santa Lucia," then the shell being
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ment of string instru- fc closest proximity to the
ments. Were it not for . ' place or point of vantage
the irritating mosquitoes Mftm ■ ■- chosen for sketching. The
one might almost fancy \- Jp*'' ' w»S little cafes, all with their
for a short space of time W&r ^^mT~"' outside tables, studded
that one was visiting a ^^Kp^wL with various coloured
new world. mJf ' bottles of wine and fruit,
Venice itself is a sylcn- dBBr "*" JP''" with their odd-shaped
did centre for the painter 'sWF* .-. ■ T chairs, and their coloured
to work from. There art ■ ''I'd cloths, shout
steamers running daily to . . tmSSr* . out the richest harmonies
the various islands a few &^Ht " •-■ " ' to the observant eye ;
miles distant, the nearest i . •' while under the awning
of which is the Lido, just . '* aHfe^. tne c'ar^ PurPle shadow is
about half an hour's steam \ • 1 always very inviting—
from Venice. It is the ?~*ijrm '"' 1 ' ''
fashionable bathing-place paint in the shade, sipping
where one in the summer ~N<I^^^^|^H^ coffee, cognac or chianti
months may bathe in more lea-
or less muddy water, with '^^pp ^HBf • Y sure,
diminished risk of coming * t'J " At Chioggia, a fishing
in contact with the thou- a y0ung gondolier *- fl village some three hours'
sand obstacles, or objects, steam from Venice, while
that are ever floating in and about the canals and lunching at a tenth-rate Italian hotel, a troubadour
lagoons. put in an appearance with his guitar. When he
On landing at the Lido, one sees or smells a recognised an Englishman he fixed himself up and
f
. ...
venetian types
hundred bits of colour worthy of making into a looked as ethereal as he knew how, and soon made
sketch. I say " smells," because from my experi- his exit; following him came a company of three ;
ence there is always an unpleasant odour in the they played their " Santa Lucia," then the shell being
172