Venetian Mysteries: Canadian Painter James Morrice | Part II

Return to La Serenissima — but this time, we are not simply tracing James Wilson Morrice’s path through Venice. We are trying to solve the mysteries hidden inside his paintings. Morrice often gave his Venetian works wonderfully vague titles: “Venetian Canal Scene”, “Old Palaces”, “Looking Out Over the Lagoon”. More than a century later, can we uncover the viewpoints? Some locations reveal themselves surprisingly clearly. Others lead to contradictions, altered perspectives, and puzzles that may have no certain answer. And a few questions are left for you to solve with us. #JamesWilsonMorrice #CanadianArt #VeniceArt #ArtHistory #VenetianMysteries #CanadianPainter #VeniceItaly #ArtDetective #Impressionism Please watch 🎞️, like 👍, leave a comment 💬, share 🔄, and subscribe 🔔 If you would like to support our channel and buy us a ☕, you can do so here: https://buymeacoffee.com/art.wonders © Artwork images are presented for purposes of art-historical commentary, criticism, education, and appreciation. Copyright, where applicable, remains with the respective rights holders. AI-assisted images are used only for illustrative and artistic purposes. Selected historical recordings are included in brief excerpts for commentary, historical context, and illustration. Original recording information and sources are credited where available. ARCHIVAL RECORDINGS Antonio Vivaldi — L’Estro armonico, Concerto No. 8 in A minor, Allegro moderato Kölner Kammer-Orchester, Hermann Abendroth, conductor Recorded in Berlin, 14 January 1933 26-second excerpt. Source: Internet Archive Oscar Carboni — recordings from “OSCAR CARBONI, cantante italiano (Ferrara 1914–1993) antologia” Source: Internet Archive Tracks used: La biondina in gondoleta, Mamma, buonanotte, Piccola Santa, Storno Stornella, Trist Serenata, Vola Stornela MUSIC AND SOUNDS Thanks to creators from PIXABAY: Clavier Clavier, Flol Ga, Luis Humanoide, Mykola Sosin, Nicholas Panek, Omar Faruque, Tomislav Jakupec, Universfield, Viacheslav Starostin VIDEOS AND IMAGES Thanks to creators from PIXABAY: alefolsom, Alexandru Manole, Anja, Anke Schofeld, Avantino Pergetti, Bruno, Burkard Meyendriesch, Claudia Virzi, Diana Kalinowska, djedj, Jan, Jens Birner, Maersk, Markéta Jaklová, Marta, Michelle Maria, Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke, pralea vasile, Richard Mcall Thanks to creators from PEXELS: Andrea Spallanzani, BAE JUN, Dominik Gryzbon, Duc Tinh Ngom, Jan Tang, Joely Lara, Kmeel.com, Nicoló Monterotondo Thanks to creators from UNSPLASH: Matt Benson, Ozan Tabakoğlu, Santeri WIKIMEDIA COMMONS IMAGE CREDITS CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Anna Massini — Trabaccolo da pesca, Cesenatico https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Bjoertvedt — Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Didier Descouens — Chiesa di San Giovanni Nuovo; San Nicolò (Venice); Ponte de Ca' Balà; San Francesco della Vigna https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Di Godromil — San Francesco del Deserto — Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Rob Young — San Giorgio Maggiore — CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... GOOGLE MAPS CAPTA Culture — photographs https://maps.app.goo.gl/BiAxZ21rjGTcy... https://maps.app.goo.gl/73dbWYwoZyAmp... Contributor page: https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/1... Additional visual resources: Vecteezy.com MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES Alan Klinkhoff Gallery Alte Pinakothek Archivio Storico Luce Art Gallery of Ontario Beaverbrook Art Gallery Biennial Foundation British Museum Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali Cleveland Museum of Art Collection of Power Corporation of Canada Comune di Venezia / Fondo Archivio Fotografico Urbanistica Gallerie dell’Accademia Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum Heffel Gallery Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum J. Paul Getty Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum Kupferstichkabinett Berlin Library of Congress Minneapolis Institute of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Museo Storico Navale della Marina Militare National Gallery, London National Gallery, Prague National Gallery of Canada National Museum in Warsaw Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia Rijksmuseum Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Dietmar Gunne OTHER RESOURCES British Pathé eBay Google Earth Studio Musopen Venezia Unica Wikipedia