He was an English critic of art, architecture and society; who was a gifted painter and a distinctive writer of polemical prose, seeking to cause widespread cultural and social change.

Monet in Venice. Monet in Venice. The French impressionist painter (1840-1926) and wife visited Venice in October 1908; staying for two months. He produced only 37 oil-on-canvas paintings, in preliminary form, featuring around a dozen different views; all taken around...

The American artist living in England, arrived in Venice bankrupt, after a sensational libel trial against John Ruskin.

The artIst made three trips to Venice, in the late summers of 1819, 1833, and 1840 and his resulting paintings are widely celebrated.