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Venezia Canal Grance (2026) Original Oil Painting by Antonino Puliafico

150 x 100 x 2cm

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Title: Grand Canal, Venice

Year: 2026
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 153 × 230 cm
Style: Contemporary cityscape / gestural expressionism
Technique: Palette knife, impasto
Orientation: Landscape
Original: Yes — one-of-a-kind artwork

Description
Grand Canal, Venice is a large-scale contemporary interpretation of one of the most iconic views of Venice, transformed through movement, texture, and expressive color.

Painted with a palette knife and rich oil impasto, the work captures the Grand Canal as a living surface of light and reflection. Gondolas cross the foreground while historic Venetian façades rise along the water, their architectural forms dissolving into energetic strokes of white, blue, ochre, red, and green.

The dramatic sky and restless water give the composition a powerful sense of movement. Rather than reproducing Venice photographically, the painting translates the city into rhythm, atmosphere, and material presence. The architecture remains recognizable, but every element is filtered through a gestural language in which color and texture become as important as the subject itself.

From a distance, the work reveals the unmistakable grandeur of Venice. Up close, the dense impasto exposes the physical gesture of the palette knife and the layered construction of the painting.

Grand Canal, Venice is conceived as a major statement piece for collectors who appreciate contemporary Italian painting, expressive cityscapes, large-scale artworks, and richly textured surfaces.

Materials
Professional DI VOLO oil colors applied with palette knife on gesso-primed cotton canvas.

Framing
Unframed. The large-format canvas can be displayed on a stretcher or framed according to the collector’s preference.

Shipping
Professionally packed and shipped worldwide with tracking and insurance. For international shipping, the canvas may be shipped rolled in a protective tube when required.

Materials used:

Professional DI VOLO oil colors applied with palette knife on Gesso-primed cotton canvas for maximum adhesion, stability, and impasto durability.

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Title: Grand Canal, Venice

Year: 2026
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 153 × 230 cm
Style: Contemporary cityscape / gestural expressionism
Technique: Palette knife, impasto
Orientation: Landscape
Original: Yes — one-of-a-kind artwork

Description
Grand Canal, Venice is a large-scale contemporary interpretation of one of the most iconic views of Venice, transformed through movement, texture, and expressive color.

Painted with a palette knife and rich oil impasto, the work captures the Grand Canal as a living surface of light and reflection. Gondolas cross the foreground while historic Venetian façades rise along the water, their architectural forms dissolving into energetic strokes of white, blue, ochre, red, and green.

The dramatic sky and restless water give the composition a powerful sense of movement. Rather than reproducing Venice photographically, the painting translates the city into rhythm, atmosphere, and material presence. The architecture remains recognizable, but every element is filtered through a gestural language in which color and texture become as important as the subject itself.

From a distance, the work reveals the unmistakable grandeur of Venice. Up close, the dense impasto exposes the physical gesture of the palette knife and the layered construction of the painting.

Grand Canal, Venice is conceived as a major statement piece for collectors who appreciate contemporary Italian painting, expressive cityscapes, large-scale artworks, and richly textured surfaces.

Materials
Professional DI VOLO oil colors applied with palette knife on gesso-primed cotton canvas.

Framing
Unframed. The large-format canvas can be displayed on a stretcher or framed according to the collector’s preference.

Shipping
Professionally packed and shipped worldwide with tracking and insurance. For international shipping, the canvas may be shipped rolled in a protective tube when required.

Materials used:

Professional DI VOLO oil colors applied with palette knife on Gesso-primed cotton canvas for maximum adhesion, stability, and impasto durability.

Details:

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Antonino Puliafico is an Italian contemporary painter whose work explores the emotional force of colour, light and landscape through vigorous palette-knife gestures and richly textured oil surfaces. Self-taught, Puliafico has... Read more

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