Twombly shared Hodgkin's deep obsession with Mediterranean atmosphere and memory, producing layered abstract works where Venice and Italian light dissolve into gestural marks and moody tonal fields that evoke place rather than depict it.

Doig creates atmospheric landscape paintings suffused with shadow and psychological mood, using loose painterly surfaces to transform observed environments into emotionally charged and memory laden abstractions closely aligned with Hodgkin's approach in this piece.

Tàpies worked extensively with oil on wood and board, building subdued atmospheric surfaces with dense textural qualities and a brooding contemplative mood that parallels the shadowy material presence Hodgkin achieves in this Venice painting.