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25th Venice Biennale

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| genre = Art exhibition

| prev = 24th Venice Biennale (1948)

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The 25th Venice Biennale, held in 1950, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 23 participating nations.{{sfn|Di Martino|2005|p=126}} The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included French painter Henri Matisse, French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, Belgian etcher Frans Masereel, Italians painter Carlo Carrà, sculptor Marcello Mascherini ex aequo with Luciano Minguzzi, and etcher Giuseppe Viviani.{{sfn|Di Martino|2005|p=132}}

It was the first time Israel participated in the biennale, the artist Yitzhak Frenkel among others representing the country.{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Deane |date=7 February 1954 |title=Impressive Show of Paintings by Israeli Artist |work=The Cape Argus}}{{Cite web |title=Frenel, Yitzhak |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00068047 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=2011 |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00068047}}

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  • {{Cite book |last1=Di Martino |first1=Enzo |title=The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005 |date=2005 |language=en |isbn=978-88-901104-4-3 |publisher=Papiro Arte |location=Venice |oclc=62237064 }}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite journal |title=Art lottery at Venice 25th biennial |journal=Art Digest |volume=25 |page=26 |date=1950-12-15 |via=EBSCOhost |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |last1=Champigneulle |first1=B. |title=Venise et la biennale des arts |journal=France Illustration |volume=6 |pages=40–41 |date=1950-07-08 |via=EBSCOhost |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=Correction: reporting of the U.S. exhibition at the Venice biennale |journal=ARTnews |volume=49 |page=13 |date=September 1950 |issn=0004-3273 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite magazine |title=Cross section of today's art |magazine=Life |volume=29 |pages=101–109 |date=1950-12-11 |issn=0024-3019 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=Die Schweiz an der biennale 1950 in Venedig |journal=Werk |volume=37 |pages=172–173 |date=December 1950 |language=de |issn=0043-2768 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite book |last1=Duran |first1=Adrian R. |chapter=The 1950 Venice Biennale and the Entrenchment of Binarism |title=Painting, Politics, and the New Front of Cold War Italy |pages=133–156 |date=2017 |language=en |isbn=978-1-351-55516-6 |publisher=Routledge |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pD8rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |last1=Frankfurter |first1=Alfred M. |title=International report, the Venice biennale |journal=ARTnews |volume=49 |page=1 |date=September 1950 |issn=0004-3273 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |last1=Genauer |first1=E. |title=Americans at Venice; American pavilion at the 25th international biennial exhibition |journal=Art Digest |volume=24 |page=4 |date=June 1950 |via=EBSCOhost |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=One man shows for three British artists: Constable, Hepworth, and Matthew Smith |journal=Studio |volume=140 |page=30 |date=July 1950 |issn=1202-0249 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=Representative men: British art at the Venice biennale |journal=Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors |volume=52 |page=31 |date=August 1950 |issn=0003-6536 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=Seven Americans open in Venice: American pavilion at the Biennial |journal=ARTnews |volume=49 |page=20 |date=June 1950 |issn=0004-3273 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |last1=Sutton |first1=Denys |last2=Argan |first2=Giulio Carlo |title=Aspects of the Venice biennale: the fauves and futurism |journal=Burlington Magazine |volume=92 |pages=262–266 |date=September 1950 |issn=0007-6287 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=Venice biennial prizes |journal=Art Digest |volume=24 |page=9 |date=August 1950 |via=EBSCOhost |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite magazine |title=What's in fashion; American pavilion at Venice's 25th biennial show of contemporary art |magazine=Time |volume=55 |page=50 |date=1950-06-12 |issn=0040-781X |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=Works of Constable and other British artists go to the Venice biennial |journal=Connoisseur |volume=125 |page=125 |date=May 1950 |issn=0010-6275 |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=World at Venice; 25th biennial to run from June 3 to October 15 |journal=Art Digest |volume=24 |page=8 |date=1950-05-15 |via=EBSCOhost |df=mdy-all }}
  • {{Cite journal |title=XXV. biennale |journal=Werk |volume=37 |pages=107–108 |date=August 1950 |language=de |issn=0043-2768 |df=mdy-all }}

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