# RICHTER, Johan [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1665–1745 - Profession: painter - School: Swedish ## Biography Johan Richter was a Swedish artist active in Venice by at least 1717 and stayed there until his death. He painted Venetian scenes of the area around St Mark's, like Carlevaris who can be considered to be his master, however, he was more original in his paintings of the lagoon proposing views unprecedented in Venetian painting. He can be seen as the forerunner of a Venetian conception of 'veduta': not as a faithful reproduction of reality, but almost as an assemblage of architectural elements. ## Related artworks - [The Bacino di San Marco]() - [The Bacino di San Marco]() - [View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice]() - [View of San Michele, Venice]() - [View of the Giudecca Canal \(detail\)]() - [View of the Giudecca Canal]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()