Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York
May 28 – September 5, 2022

This summer Venetian Lace Makers by Robert Blum travelled to Fenimore Art Museum to be part of the exhibition Unmasking Venice: American Artists and the City of Water

Unmasking Venice: American Artists and the City of Water features paintings, etchings and 3-dimensional objects that explore the two Venetian worlds depicted by American artists during the late 19th, early 20th and 21st centuries. The “picturesque” demonstrates the attraction to Venice felt by American tourists, while the “realistic” depicts the grittier realism of an everyday Venetian’s life. The exhibition includes work by a diverse group of artists, including Jane Peterson and Fred Wilson, and draws some interesting Venetian connections to the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art through the glass industry.

Robert Blum (1857-1903)
Venetian Lace Makers, 1885
Oil on canvas
Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1936