12 artists in the museums, in order of birthArtists to see in Venice
The most famous artists in the museums of Venice, and where to stand in front of their work: who they were, what they made, and the museum it hangs in.
- 12
- Artists, in order of birth
- 30
- Works to look for
- 6
- Museums that hold them
- 1430
- The earliest born: Giovanni Bellini
Artists to see in Venice
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Painter, 1430 to 1516
Giovanni Bellini
Venice was Giovanni Bellini's city, and its painting grew from his. The Accademia has his altarpieces and Madonnas, and his triptych still stands in the sacristy of the Frari, in the frame made for it.
Venetian Renaissance. 3 works in 2 museums
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Painter, 1465 to 1526
Vittore Carpaccio
The storyteller of Venetian painting, whose long canvases of the legend of St Ursula and the miracles of the True Cross are full of ships, canals and the life of the city.
Venetian Renaissance. 3 works in 1 museum
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Painter, 1477 to 1510
Giorgione
The most mysterious painter of the Renaissance, who died young of the plague, left a handful of pictures and changed Venetian painting with them.
Venetian Renaissance. 2 works in 1 museum
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Painter, 1488 to 1576
Titian
Venice is Titian's city: his Assumption still rises over the high altar of the Frari, where he is buried, and the Accademia has the Pietà he painted for his own tomb.
Venetian Renaissance. 4 works in 2 museums
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Painter, 1518 to 1594
Tintoretto
The dyer's son who painted faster and on a vaster scale than anyone in Venice, filling the Scuola Grande di San Rocco and the Doge's Palace with his dark, dramatic canvases.
Mannerism. 5 works in 3 museums
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Painter, 1528 to 1588
Paolo Veronese
The painter of Venetian splendour: vast feasts under marble arches, silks and crowds, and the ceilings of the Doge's Palace.
Venetian Renaissance. 3 works in 2 museums
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Painter, 1673 to 1757
Rosalba Carriera
The Venetian painter who made the pastel portrait the fashion of Europe, sought by the collectors and courts of Paris, Dresden and Vienna.
Rococo. 3 works in 1 museum
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Painter, 1696 to 1770
Giambattista Tiepolo
The last great painter of Venice, whose ceilings of light and air spread from the palaces of the city to Würzburg and the royal palace of Madrid.
Rococo. 2 works in 1 museum
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Painter, 1862 to 1918
Gustav Klimt
Venice has one Klimt, his second Judith, bought by the city at the Biennale of 1910 for Ca' Pesaro.
Vienna Secession. 1 work in 1 museum
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Picture: Bärwinkel,Klaus, CC BY-SA 4.0
Painter, 1866 to 1944
Wassily Kandinsky
At the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Kandinsky's Landscape with Red Spots of 1913, on the edge of abstraction.
Abstract art. 2 works in 1 museum
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Picture: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0
Painter and sculptor, 1881 to 1973
Pablo Picasso
In Venice, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Picasso's On the Beach of 1937.
Cubism. 1 work in 1 museum
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Painter, 1912 to 1956
Jackson Pollock
In Venice, the patron who gave Pollock his start kept his work: Alchemy, one of his first poured paintings.
Abstract Expressionism. 1 work in 1 museum
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When they lived
Each bar is a life, from birth to death, on one line of time. 526 years separate the birth of Giovanni Bellini from the death of Jackson Pollock, and 4 of the 12 were alive at the same moment, in 1488.
- Giovanni Bellini1430 to 1516
- Vittore Carpaccio1465 to 1526
- Giorgione1477 to 1510
- Titian1488 to 1576
- Tintoretto1518 to 1594
- Paolo Veronese1528 to 1588
- Rosalba Carriera1673 to 1757
- Giambattista Tiepolo1696 to 1770
- Gustav Klimt1862 to 1918
- Wassily Kandinsky1866 to 1944
- Pablo Picasso1881 to 1973
- Jackson Pollock1912 to 1956
Which museum holds whom
Each block is an artist with work on show in that place. The Gallerie dell'Accademia have Venetian painting from Bellini and Giorgione to Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Tiepolo. Much of it is still where it was made for: Titian in the Frari, Tintoretto at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Tintoretto and Veronese in the Doge's Palace. The twentieth century is at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Ca' Pesaro.
Gallerie dell'Accademia8 artists
Peggy Guggenheim Collection3 artists
Basilica dei Frari2 artists
Doge's Palace2 artists
Scuola Grande di San Rocco1 artist
Ca' Pesaro1 artist
How to read this page
The choice of artists is this site's: the most famous of those whose work is on show in the museums of Venice that it covers. They are in order of birth, which is not a ranking.
A work is listed where it is normally on show. Museums move their works between rooms, lend them and take them down for conservation, so before a special journey check with the museum.