Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (* 7. October 1697 in Venice; † 19. April 1768 also in Venice), known as Canaletto, was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes.
Canaletto served his apprenticeship with his father, a theatrical scene painter. Canaletto was inspired by the Roman vedutista Giovanni Paolo Pannini, and started painting the daily life of the city and its people
Much of Canaletto's early artwork was painted 'from nature', differing from the then customary practice of completing paintings in the studio. Some of his later works do revert to this custom, as suggested by the tendency of distant figures to be painted as blobs of colour - an effect produced by using a camera obscura, which blurs farther-away objects. However, his paintings are always notable for their accuracy
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