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John Singer Sargent Watercolors
Erica E. Hirshler
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Description for John Singer Sargent Watercolors
hardcover. John Singer Sargent's approach to watercolour was unconventional. This book introduces readers to the sweep of Sargent's accomplishments in the medium, in works that delight the eye as well as challenge our understanding of this prodigiously gifted artist. Num Pages: 248 pages, 175 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFCC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 256 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1694.
John Singer Sargent’s approach to watercolour was unconventional. Disregarding late-nineteenth-century aesthetic standards that called for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes and loosely defined forms startled critics and fellow practitioners alike. One reviewer in England, where Sargent spent much of his adult life, called his work ‘swagger watercolours’. For Sargent, however, the watercolours were not so much about swagger as about a new way of thinking. In watercolour as opposed to oils his vision became more personal and his works more interconnected. Presenting nearly 100 works of art, this book is the ... Read more
John Singer Sargent’s approach to watercolour was unconventional. Disregarding late-nineteenth-century aesthetic standards that called for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes and loosely defined forms startled critics and fellow practitioners alike. One reviewer in England, where Sargent spent much of his adult life, called his work ‘swagger watercolours’. For Sargent, however, the watercolours were not so much about swagger as about a new way of thinking. In watercolour as opposed to oils his vision became more personal and his works more interconnected. Presenting nearly 100 works of art, this book is the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780878467914
SKU
V9780878467914
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Reviews for John Singer Sargent Watercolors
Experimenting with unusual compositions and new techniques, he reinvented himself aesthetically... far from stagnating Sargent was innovating in his watercolors.
Judith Dobrzynski
The New York Times
Judith Dobrzynski
The New York Times