25th Venice Biennale

The 25th Venice Biennale, held in 1950, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 23 participating nations.[1] The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included French painter Henri Matisse, French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, Belgian etcher Frans Masereel, Italians painter Carlo Carrà, sculptor Marcello Mascherini ex aequo with Luciano Minguzzi, and etcher Giuseppe Viviani.[2]

25th Venice Biennale
Genre	Art exhibition
Begins	1950
Ends	1950
Location(s)	Venice
Country	Italy
Previous event	24th Venice Biennale (1948)
Next event	26th Venice Biennale (1952)

References

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

Bibliography

• Di Martino, Enzo (2005). The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005. Venice: Papiro Arte. ISBN 978-88-901104-4-3. OCLC 62237064.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• "Art lottery at Venice 25th biennial". Art Digest. 25: 26. December 15, 1950 – via EBSCOhost.
• Champigneulle, B. (July 8, 1950). "Venise et la biennale des arts". France Illustration. 6: 40–41 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Correction: reporting of the U.S. exhibition at the Venice biennale". ARTnews. 49: 13. September 1950. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Cross section of today's art". Life. 29: 101–109. December 11, 1950. ISSN 0024-3019 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Die Schweiz an der biennale 1950 in Venedig". Werk (in German). 37: 172–173. December 1950. ISSN 0043-2768 – via EBSCOhost.
• Duran, Adrian R. (2017). "The 1950 Venice Biennale and the Entrenchment of Binarism". Painting, Politics, and the New Front of Cold War Italy. Routledge. pp. 133–156. ISBN 978-1-351-55516-6.
• Frankfurter, Alfred M. (September 1950). "International report, the Venice biennale". ARTnews. 49: 1. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
• Genauer, E. (June 1950). "Americans at Venice; American pavilion at the 25th international biennial exhibition". Art Digest. 24: 4 – via EBSCOhost.
• "One man shows for three British artists: Constable, Hepworth, and Matthew Smith". Studio. 140: 30. July 1950. ISSN 1202-0249 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Representative men: British art at the Venice biennale". Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors. 52: 31. August 1950. ISSN 0003-6536 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Seven Americans open in Venice: American pavilion at the Biennial". ARTnews. 49: 20. June 1950. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
• Sutton, Denys; Argan, Giulio Carlo (September 1950). "Aspects of the Venice biennale: the fauves and futurism". Burlington Magazine. 92: 262–266. ISSN 0007-6287 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Venice biennial prizes". Art Digest. 24: 9. August 1950 – via EBSCOhost.
• "What's in fashion; American pavilion at Venice's 25th biennial show of contemporary art". Time. 55: 50. June 12, 1950. ISSN 0040-781X – via EBSCOhost.
• "Works of Constable and other British artists go to the Venice biennial". Connoisseur. 125: 125. May 1950. ISSN 0010-6275 – via EBSCOhost.
• "World at Venice; 25th biennial to run from June 3 to October 15". Art Digest. 24: 8. May 15, 1950 – via EBSCOhost.
• "XXV. biennale". Werk (in German). 37: 107–108. August 1950. ISSN 0043-2768 – via EBSCOhost.