THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE - textural impasto palette knife oil painting Mona Edulesco
by Mona Edulesco
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90.000 x 65.000 x 2.500 cm.
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Title
THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE - textural impasto palette knife oil painting Mona Edulesco
Artist
Mona Edulesco
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
"THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE" by Mona Edulesco.
Textural impasto palette knife oil painting on stretched canvas 65x90cm (26βx36β), 2018. This was a custom commission painting for a collector from Hong Kong.
This painting is part of my Venice series and it is a new rendition of my painting "Venice Carnaval" made in 2012.
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The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with Lent, forty days before Easter on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.
Masks have always been a main feature of the Venetian carnival. Traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen's Day, December 26) and the start of the carnival season and midnight of Shrove Tuesday. They have always been around Venice. As masks were also allowed on Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people could spend a large portion of the year in disguise. Maskmakers (mascherari) enjoyed a special position in society, with their own laws and their own guild.
Venetian masks can be made in leather, porcelain or with the original glass technique. The original masks were rather simple in design, decoration, and often had a symbolic and practical function. Nowadays, most of them are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf and are all hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate.
(source: Wikipedia)
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June 29th, 2019
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Comments (28)
Janet Marie
Congratulations for your SALE dear Mona! Well deserved. Thinking of you with love. Janetπ
Mona Edulesco
Sold a 60" x 44" canvas print of THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE my textural impasto palette knife oil painting to a buyer from New York, NY - United States. THANK YOU so much for your purchase!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any other appropriate Archives l/f/p
Mona Edulesco
SOLD a rights-managed license of THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE - textural impasto palette knife oil painting! THANK YOU to a buyer from Miami, FL - United States!
Hartmut Jager
πΈ MONA πΈ You most beautifully captured the Soul and Spirit of the Carnival Of Venice ! Top Class Art ! A Gold-Cup Winner ! π
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our Homepage!
Carmen Tyrrell
Beautiful series. I like this painting for composition, colours and expressive masks. L/F and my FAV in WPG!
Robert Yaeger
Such a cool painting, Mona! Brilliant color choices, composition, and subject matter. You are an extremely talented Artist.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Meg Shearer
I love the composition and colors Mona! And the masks are so intriguing but kind of unsettling too? Gorgeous work! l/f!
Mona Edulesco replied:
Thank you very much Meg! Yes, you are right about the masks... yet the subject always fascinated me.
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