Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio Blaas (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1931), was an Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism.

Life and career

thumbnail|Two Venetian Women

thumbnail|In the [[Sacristy, 1877]]

He was born at Albano, near Rome, to a Tyrolean father and Italian mother. His father Karl, also a painter, was his teacher. His mother, Agnesina Auda, was a well-to-do Roman woman. The family moved to Venice when Karl became professor at the Academy of Venice. He often painted scenes in Venice, but also portraits and religious paintings.

Works

Among his works are La forma nuziale in sacrestia; La tombola in Campiello a Venezia; Una scena di burattini in un educandato; and La Ninetta. The art critic Luigi Chirtani, when the painting was displayed at the Mostra Nazionale di Venezia, described it as "[b]eautiful, flattering, pretty, caressed, cleaned, polished, laundress in a painting by Mr. Blaas, the favorite portraitist of great Venetian aristocrats, dressed in gala satins, shining jewelry, hairstyles of the rich."

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 were exhibited 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.

The Austrian painter Marie Wunsch was his student.

Paintings

  • 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 Young Beauty (1882)
  • A Journey to Murano (Vienna Museum)
  • Die Wasserträgerin (1887)
  • On the Beach (1908)
  • In the Water (1914)
  • Maiden gathering flowers
  • Little Italian girl

Works

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File:Blaas Eugen -Die Wassertragerin (porteuse d'eau).jpg| The Watercarrier

File:Eugene von Blass - Musette, 1900.jpg|De Musette

File:Eugen von Blaas - Sharing the News 1904.jpg|Sharing the News

File:Eugen von Blaas - The Spider and the Fly - 1889.jpg| The Spider and the Fly

File:Eugen von Blaas Bildnis Arthur Graf Berchtold 1882.jpg|Arthur Graf Berchtold

File:Eugene de Blaas - Daydreaming by the shore (1895).jpg|Daydreaming

File:Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation.jpg|The Flirtation

File:Eugene de Blaas - Curiosity (1892).jpg|Curiosity

File:Eugen von Blaas Der rote Fächer 1892.jpg|The Red Fan

File:Eugene de Blaas A Pensive Moment.jpg|A Pensive Moment

File:Blaas Eugen Von An Interesting Story.jpg|An interesting Story

File:Eugen von Blaas Die Wasserträgerin 1887.jpg|The Water Carrier

File:Eugen von Blaas - Plauderei - 1905.jpg|Chat

File:Eugene de Blaas On the Beach.jpg|On the Beach

File:In the Water by Eugen von Blaas (1843-1931).jpg|In the Water

File:God's Creatures Eugene von Blaas.jpg|God's Creatures

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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.

Notes

References

  • Biography of old oil painting master Eugene de Blaas
  • (Text in German and English)
  • Eugene de Blaas at artrenewal.org