Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Image Not Available for Venetian Procession
Venetian Procession
Image Not Available for Venetian Procession

Venetian Procession

Primary (1886–1959)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Datenot dated
MediumOil on composite board on Board
DimensionsCanvas: 13 1/16 x 18 1/16 in. (33.1 x 45.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Bequest of Marjorie Ice Irwin, 1993.180
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number1993.180
On View
Not on view
Label Text
Although the painting was completed sometime in the 1930s, Grant was clearly looking back to the Italian masters of the sixteenth century for inspiration. While the sketchy brushwork and almost abstract modeling of the forms are familiar modern techniques, the use of bright local color--orange, red and bue--amidst an overall dark composition is the influence of much earlier Venetian painters. Grant is combining old and modern painting ideas to create his own distinctive style.