25th Venice Biennale explained

Genre:	Art exhibition
Prev:	24th Venice Biennale (1948)
Begins:	1950
Ends:	1950
Next:	26th Venice Biennale (1952)
Location:	Venice
Country:	Italy

The 25th Venice Biennale, held in 1950, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 23 participating nations. 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.

It was the first time Israel participated in the biennale, the artist Yitzhak Frenkel among others representing the country.^{[1] [2]}

Bibliography

• Book: Di Martino . Enzo . The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005 . 2005 . en . 978-88-901104-4-3 . Papiro Arte . Venice . 62237064 .

Further reading

• Art lottery at Venice 25th biennial . . 25 . 26 . 1950-12-15 . . mdy-all .
• Champigneulle . B. . Venise et la biennale des arts . France Illustration . 6 . 40–41 . 1950-07-08 . . mdy-all .
• Correction: reporting of the U.S. exhibition at the Venice biennale . . 49 . 13 . September 1950 . 0004-3273 . mdy-all .
• Cross section of today's art . . 29 . 101–109 . 1950-12-11 . 0024-3019 . mdy-all .
• Die Schweiz an der biennale 1950 in Venedig . Werk . 37 . 172–173 . December 1950 . de . 0043-2768 . mdy-all .
• Book: Duran . Adrian R. . The 1950 Venice Biennale and the Entrenchment of Binarism . Painting, Politics, and the New Front of Cold War Italy . 133–156 . 2017 . en . 978-1-351-55516-6 . Routledge . https://books.google.com/books?id=pD8rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 . mdy-all .
• Frankfurter . Alfred M. . International report, the Venice biennale . . 49 . 1 . September 1950 . 0004-3273 . mdy-all .
• Genauer . E. . Americans at Venice; American pavilion at the 25th international biennial exhibition . . 24 . 4 . June 1950 . . mdy-all .
• One man shows for three British artists: Constable, Hepworth, and Matthew Smith . Studio . 140 . 30 . July 1950 . 1202-0249 . mdy-all .
• Representative men: British art at the Venice biennale . . 52 . 31 . August 1950 . 0003-6536 . mdy-all .
• Seven Americans open in Venice: American pavilion at the Biennial . . 49 . 20 . June 1950 . 0004-3273 . mdy-all .
• Sutton . Denys . Argan . Giulio Carlo . Aspects of the Venice biennale: the fauves and futurism . . 92 . 262–266 . September 1950 . 0007-6287 . mdy-all .
• Venice biennial prizes . . 24 . 9 . August 1950 . . mdy-all .
• What's in fashion; American pavilion at Venice's 25th biennial show of contemporary art . . 55 . 50 . 1950-06-12 . 0040-781X . mdy-all .
• Works of Constable and other British artists go to the Venice biennial . . 125 . 125 . May 1950 . 0010-6275 . mdy-all .
• World at Venice; 25th biennial to run from June 3 to October 15 . . 24 . 8 . 1950-05-15 . . mdy-all .
• XXV. biennale . Werk . 37 . 107–108 . August 1950 . de . 0043-2768 . mdy-all .

Notes and References

1. News: Anderson . Deane . 7 February 1954 . Impressive Show of Paintings by Israeli Artist . The Cape Argus.
2. Web site: Frenel, Yitzhak . 2023-12-20 . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011 . en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00068047.