The Caetani Family Project

A new CURA project publication is now available from CURA community partners:

Caetani di Sermoneta: An Italian Family in Vernon, 1921-1994, published by the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives, is an 80-page catalogue produced in conjunction with simultaneous exhibitions of Caetani family artifacts and the art of Sveva Caetani at the Vernon Museum and the Vernon Art Gallery. For information contact the museum at mail@vernon.museum.ca or phone 250-542-3142.

McPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria

Sveva Caetani’s series of surrealistic watercolour paintings titled Recapitulation began as a tribute to her father who died when she was only 17 years old. These paintings, executed with powerful, sharply defined watercolours, explore a stylistic range that includes cubism, futurism, and surrealism. The exhibition includes works from the collections of the Vernon Art Gallery and the Alberta Art Foundation.

Greater Vernon Museum & Archives
Aug. 28, 2003 - Dec. 20, 2003

Vernon Art Gallery
Aug. 28, 2003 - Nov. 8, 2003

A co-production between the Vernon Museum and the Vernon Art Gallery, "Caetani: Visions of Rebirth" included an exhibition on the Caetani family at the Museum and an exhibit featuring a selection of Sveva Caetani's work at the Gallery. The exhibitions were supplemented by a selection of Caetani family clothing and personal items, on loan from the Costume Museum of Canada, Dugald, Manitoba, and paintings from Sveva Caetani's Recapitulation series, on loan from the collection of the Alberta Foundation in Edmonton.