Albert Goodwin R.W.S. 1845-1932

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Description

Albert Goodwin, R.W.S.
Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore and the Bacino
signed l.r.: Albert Goodwin. 1902. and inscribed l.l.: Venice
pen and black ink and watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and scratching out

Exhibited

Possibly at Society of Painters in Water-colour, 1903, no.59 (as Afterglow - Venice from the Lido)

Catalogue Note

Albert Goodwin's first experience of Italy was in 1872 when he accompanied John Ruskin and Arthur Severn on a three month tour. After travelling through Switzerland and over the Alps the party went on to Italy, visiting Pisa, Lucca, Florence and Rome. They then turned north, stopping at Assisi, Orvieto, Siena, Bologna, Perugia and Verona before ending their trip in Venice.

It was during this trip that Ruskin encouraged Goodwin to paint in watercolour, realising that it was the ideal medium for the atmospheric effects that the artist strove to achieve. Around the turn of the century, Goodwin succumbed fully to the influence of Turner and his poetic use of colour and sensitive use of the pen in the present work clearly demonstrates this.

Goodwin developed a deep attachment to Venice during his brief stay there in 1872. Venice views occur occasionally among his Royal Academy exhibits in later years, and it may be assumed that Goodwin returned to the city to draw its marvellous sights on several occasions.