Peggy Guggenheim's Gallery

Top on the list of galleries to visit while in Venice would be the Peggy Guggenheim Gallery. After world war II Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim, an American millionaires, bought Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, nicknamed Palazzo Nonfinito (The Unfinished Palace) in 1949.

The collection consists of 200 fine paintings and sculptures, each representing the 20th century's works of modern art.

The Guggenheim is one of the most visited sights in Venice and the best place in the city to see modern art in light filled rooms arranged by style (Dadaism, Cubism, Surrealism) and the large modern canvases provide a striking contrast to the Renaissance painting that is often seen.

The Rain: By Marc Chagall 1911

Chagall's first paintings are characterized by a neo primitive style that inspires to the Russian icons and to the folk art.

Many of Chagall's paintings depict the life and customs of his native home land, adapted with the techniques and manners acquired from the French contemporary artists.

The Red Tower: By Giorgio De Chirico 1913

The dreaming atmosphere of his paintings rises from the irrational perspective, from lack of a single source of light that filters and extends the shadows, as well as the hallucinated focus on the object.