RIGEL SCULPTURE
www.rigel-sculpture.com brings to you oil paintings, sketches, crayon drawings, sanguines, etchings, lithographs and info-graphics by Michel Rigel from Paris and Venice " the Pearl of the Adriatic" and its monuments, including amongst others the prestigious St. Mark's Square, the Rialto Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) and the Dogana. And for the first time from the internationally acclaimed artist Michel RIGEL; VENICE by sculptures.
Glide across the lagoon using the map, while enjoying the panoramic view of Venice, click on an icon and follow the link to drawings, paintings, masks, sculptures and other pictures of this multi cultural city.
Venice, the city of changing light with its world famous picturesque architecture has inspired many artists through history: including Goethe, Stendhal, Chateaubriand Wagner, Viscount, Renoir, Cocteau, Monet, Lord Byron to name a few.
Drawings and watercolours of mythical places such as the Cafe Florian and the Quadri restaurant, the Fenice opera house and the shops of the Rialto Bridge. Sanguines of secret places, hidden amongst the canals: including the clock tower with its Maori chime and the workshops of the gondolas.
Enjoy sculptures by Rigel of monuments and other architectural gems, themed on the Venice Carnival with its fabulous Venetian masks or just follow in the footsteps of Casanova and discover the charms of this beautiful city and her multiple attractions.
Travel down the Grand Canal or the Guidecca, wander through architectural monuments including the famous Palladian Bridge, Sansovino, the basilica and the Lion of St Mark, the Rialto Bridge, St Giorgio, and the Palace of the Doges, the Dogana and its splendid hotels.
Take a trip on one of the water buses (vaporetto) to the Arsenale and the Stuquis Palace or further on to see the islands of Murano, Burano, Torcello and may be on the way home, the train station of Venezia.
MICHEL RIGEL
Painter and sculptor Michel Rigel born in 1950 in Bordeaux is also an accomplished etcher and lithographer. After studies in the Pyrenees Atlantiques, he moved to Paris where he now lives and works. >>>
