Venice has long enchanted artists from around the world. Its network of canals, bridges and gondolas provides a distinctive setting like no other.
Josephine and her sister Edith embarked on a round-the-world journey, departing Melbourne for Naples (Napoli), Italy, on 29 December 1908.
Travelling in the footsteps of luminaries such as J.M.W. Turner, John Singer Sargent and Claude Monet, they are believed to have visited Venice (and other locations across Europe) between 1909 and 1911. The trip resulted in this evocative series of oil and watercolour paintings that capture the city’s timeless charm.
Following her return to Melbourne, Josephine exhibited Venice, Before the Storm and Evening, Venice at the Annual Exhibition of the Victorian Artists’ Society in 1912.
