Eugene de Blaas
{{Short description|Italian painter (1843–1931)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eugene de Blaas
| image = Eugen von Blaas-autoritratto.jpg
| caption = Self portrait
| birth_date = {{birth date|1843|7|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Albano, Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|2|10|1843|7|24|df=y}}
| other_names = Eugene von Blaas
Eugenio Blaas
| father = Karl von Blaas
}}
Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio Blaas (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1931), was an Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism.
Life and career
File:Eugen von Blaas - Two Venetian Women.jpg
File:Eugen von Blaas In der Sakristei 1877.jpg, 1877]]
He was born at Albano, near Rome, to a Tyrolean father and Italian mother. His father Karl, also a painter, was his teacher. His mother, Agnesina Auda, was a well-to-do Roman woman. The family moved to Venice when Karl became professor at the Academy of Venice. He often painted scenes in Venice, but also portraits and religious paintings.
Works
Among his works are La forma nuziale in sacrestia; La tombola in Campiello a Venezia; Una scena di burattini in un educandato; and La Ninetta. The art critic Luigi Chirtani, when the painting was displayed at the Mostra Nazionale di Venezia, described it as "[b]eautiful, flattering, pretty, caressed, cleaned, polished, laundress in a painting by Mr. Blaas, the favorite portraitist of great Venetian aristocrats, dressed in gala satins, shining jewelry, hairstyles of the rich."Bellina, lusinghiera, linda, accarezzata, pulita, forbita, questa lavandaia rappresenta benissimo la pittura del signor Blaas, il ritrattista prediletto delle gran signore veneziane, in veste di gala di raso, splendenti per gioielli, compite nelle ricche acconciature. in [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.], by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 61.
His colorful and rather theatrical period images of Venetian society, e.g. On the Balcony (1877; Private Collection), were quite different compared to delicate pastels and etchings of the courtyards, balcony and canals of modern Venice.
Eugene de Blaas' paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society, New Gallery and Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery in London, and also at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.{{cite web |url=http://www.favoritearts.info/Blaas-Eugene-de-Austria-Old-Oil-Painting-Masterpiece-Reproduction.html |title=Biography of old oil painting master Eugene de Blaas |publisher=Favoritearts.info |accessdate=2013-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135715/http://www.favoritearts.info/Blaas-Eugene-de-Austria-Old-Oil-Painting-Masterpiece-Reproduction.html |archivedate=2014-05-17 }}
Paintings
- The Sisters 1878 (Cloister-Scene)
- Conversions of the Rhætians by St. Valentine
- Cimabue and Giotto
- Scene from the Decameron
- Dogaressa Going to Church
- Venetian Balcony Scene
- God's Creatures
- Bridal Procession, in San Marco
- Venetian Masquerade
- A Young Beauty (1882)
- A Journey to Murano (Vienna Museum)
- Die Wasserträgerin (1887)
- On the Beach (1908)
- In the Water (1914)
- Maiden gathering flowers
=Works=
File:Blaas Eugen -Die Wassertragerin (porteuse d'eau).jpg| The Watercarrier
File:Eugene von Blass - Musette, 1900.jpg|De Musette
File:Eugen von Blaas - Sharing the News 1904.jpg|Sharing the News
File:Eugen von Blaas - The Spider and the Fly - 1889.jpg| The Spider and the Fly
File:Eugen von Blaas Bildnis Arthur Graf Berchtold 1882.jpg|Arthur Graf Berchtold
File:Eugene de Blaas - Daydreaming by the shore (1895).jpg|Daydreaming
File:Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation.jpg|The Flirtation
File:Eugene de Blaas - Curiosity (1892).jpg|Curiosity
File:Eugen von Blaas Der rote Fächer 1892.jpg|The Red Fan
File:Eugene de Blaas A Pensive Moment.jpg|A Pensive Moment
File:Blaas Eugen Von An Interesting Story.jpg|An interesting Story
File:Eugen von Blaas Die Wasserträgerin 1887.jpg|The Water Carrier
File:Eugen von Blaas - Plauderei - 1905.jpg|Chat
File:Eugene de Blaas On the Beach.jpg|On the Beach
File:In the Water by Eugen von Blaas (1843-1931).jpg|In the Water
File:God's Creatures Eugene von Blaas.jpg|God's Creatures
Cultural reference
- Salim Ghazi Saeedi has dedicated a song entitled "For Eugene, Distilling the Delicacy" to Eugene de Blaas in his 2011 album, Human Encounter."[http://www.salimworld.com/album-human-encounter.htm Human Encounter Album]", Salim Ghazi Saeedi's Official Website, salimworld.com, Nov 2011
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Notes
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References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012044130/http://www.favoritearts.info/Blaas-Eugene-de-Austria-Old-Oil-Painting-Masterpiece-Reproduction.html Biography of old oil painting master Eugene de Blaas]
- {{cite book|first=Thomas |last=Wassibauer |year=2005|title=Eugen von Blaas: 1843 - 1931 / Das Werk - Skizzen - Aquarelle - Gemälde}} (Text in German and English)
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Eugen von Blaas}}
- [http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=326 Eugene de Blaas at artrenewal.org]
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Category:People from Albano Laziale
Category:19th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
Category:Italian people of Austrian descent
Category:Italian genre painters
Category:Italian costume genre painters
Category:20th-century Italian painters
Category:Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia