22nd Venice Biennale

22nd Venice Biennale
Genre	Art exhibition
Begins	1940
Ends	1940
Location(s)	Venice
Country	Italy
Previous event	21st Venice Biennale (1938)
Next event	23rd Venice Biennale (1942)

The 22nd Venice Biennale, held in 1940, was an exhibition of international contemporary art. Because of World War II, several nations did not attend. 12 nations participated. ^[1] The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included Hungarian painter Vilmos Aba Novàk, German sculptor Arno Breker, Belgian etcher Maurice Brocas, and Italians painter Felice Carena, sculptor Guido Galletti, and etcher Marcello Boglione. ^[2]

Before Britain withdrew from the Biennale, plans for British artists included Frank Dobson, A.J. Munnings, Glyn Philpot, Edward Wadsworth, Frances Hodgkins, Duncan Grant and wood engraver Gertrude Hermes. These works were subsequently shown at the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, London, instead. ^[3]

References

1. Di Martino 2005, p. 126.
2. Di Martino 2005, p. 132.
3. https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/history/1940s

Bibliography

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

Further reading

• "American prints sent to Venice". Art Digest. 14: 20. May 1940 – via EBSCOhost.
• "American prints withdrawn from Venice". Art Digest. 14: 24. July 1940 – via EBSCOhost.
• Porcella, Amadore (October 1940). "Ottocentisti e novecentisti alla XXIIa biennale di Venezia". Larte. 11: 207–216 – via EBSCOhost.