Palazzo Fortuny in Venice - Ep. 88

[Music] and welcome to venice today we are going to visit the famous palazzo fortuni venice as it shines in spring as always it appears serene and unmatched [Music] like here at the academia bridge [Music] everywhere you look the entire city is a unique museum [Music] countless artists and patrons from all over the world who wanted to be part of this total work of art have been drawn here over the centuries french luxury good magnet francois pinot for example turned the punta de la dogana into a museum [Music] here he exhibits parts of his extensive collection of modern art [Music] vis-a-vis is the izola de san giorgio where the famous fondatsu nichini shows parts of their unique collection count victoriochini had put them together using all sorts of legal and illegal means and this is venice newest museum the museo mariano fortuni madrasso [Music] it has just opened and it dedicated to the spanish multi-talent who made it from granada to paris and finally to venice the opera director pierre luigi pizze transformed fortunes palazzo into a unique museum where you can walk into the footsteps of the master of the arts [Music] fortune was an artist our projector and inventor to earn the money for his extravagant lifestyle was but also a fashion designer interior designer and engineer [Music] at 18 fortuney moved to venice with his mother maria where they lived in the palazzo martinez here they also exhibited the art of their father who was a painter [Music] fortuni owed his love for precious materials to his mother mother maria she had assembled a unique collection of fine antique fabrics made of velvet brocade silk taffeta and satin in venice ghent [Music] [Applause] [Music] then in 1892 fortunately bought the palazzo peso del your fair where he lived and worked until his death fortuney set up a painting and photo studio a carpenter workshop a textile printing and dying workshop and the tailor shop here and employed a dozen workers [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] together with his french wife henriette negan who was an expert in natural guys fortuney invented new methods of textile dyeing and tapestries as well as printing on fabric [Music] for example fortunately designed the famous delphos dress and the kenosha scarf from the waiver thin permanently pleated silk satin [Music] the manufacturer of which fortuney patented in paris in 1909 [Music] foreign he sold his creation in paris london madrid and new york [Music] [Music] his dresses were dazzling eccentric ladies like sarah bernard luisa isadora duncan elenora and martha graham [Music] fortney registered more than 50 patents as an inventor and invented the indirect lighting effect at the theater director [Music] um [Music] foreign [Music] his muse was undoubtedly his wife henriette negron [Music] whom he met in paris and who left her husband for him and followed him to venice um [Music] mariano fortuni died 1949 at the age of 78. [Music] his wife henriette negron later bequeathed the stately palazzo to the city of venice [Music] please don't forget to subscribe to our channel and to comment our posts and from venice arrivedercia la prossima [Music]

Channel: Dolce-Italia

Views: 4,432

Keywords: Venice, Italy, Museums in Italy, Museums in Venice, Mariano Fortuny, Henriette Negrin, Palazzo Fortuny in Venice

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Length: 9min 40sec (580 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 13 2022