The 21st Venice Biennale, held in 1938, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 18 participating nations.[1] The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, Swiss sculptor Herman Hubacher, British etcher Blair Hughes-Stanton, and Italians painter Felice Casorati, sculptor Venanzio Crocetti, and etcher Mario Delitala.[2]

21st Venice Biennale
GenreArt exhibition
Begins1938
Ends1938
Location(s)Venice
CountryItaly
Previous event20th Venice Biennale (1936)
Next event22nd Venice Biennale (1940)

References edit

  1. ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 126.
  2. ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 132.

Bibliography edit

  • Di Martino, Enzo (2005). The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005. Venice: Papiro Arte. ISBN 978-88-901104-4-3. OCLC 62237064.

Further reading edit

  • Frost, Rosamund (September 1938). "Internationalists in Venice; art of a peaceful Europe in a great biennial show". ARTnews. 36: 7. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
  • Lemonnier, M. (July 8, 1938). "La biennale de Venise". Beaux-Arts; Chronique des Arts et de la Curiosité (in French): 3 – via EBSCOhost.
  • Maraini, Y. (August 1938). "Art in Italy—the Venice biennial". London Studio. 16: 127 – via EBSCOhost.
  • Marchiori, Giuseppe (June 1938). "La ventunesima biennale veneziana". Emporium. (in Italian). 87: 284–318 – via EBSCOhost.
  • Rüdiger, Wilhelm (August 1938). "XXI. biennale, Venedig 1938". Die Kunst (in German). 77: 328–344. ISSN 0341-1974 – via EBSCOhost.
  • "Venice biennial". Art Digest. 12: 13. May 1938 – via EBSCOhost.
  • "Where Il Duce once walked bare-foot; prints in the Venice biennial". Art Digest. 13: 24. October 1938 – via EBSCOhost.