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29. Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or
Eugenio de Blaas (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1932) was an
Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism.
He was born at Albano, near Rome, to Austrian parents.
His father Karl, also a painter, was his teacher. The family
moved to Venice when Karl became Professor at the
Academy in Venice. He often painted scenes in Venice. He
became professor in the Academy of Venice.
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 are collected 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.