John Singer Sargent
- ISBN-10
- 1854372467
- ISBN-13
- 9781854372468
- Series
- John Singer Sargent
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Tate Gallery Publishing
- Author
- John Singer Sargent
Description
Examines the career of John Singer Sargent, not only focusing upon his achievements as a master portraitist, but also as a painter of landscapes, figures, watercolours and murals. Paris, and later establishing himself as a portraitist in England and America. He travelled extensively in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, doing research for his Boston mural projects and painting a dazzling range of landscapes and figure studies in oil and watercolour. catalogue, which accompanies the first major retrospective of Sargent's career since the memorial exhibitions that followed his death. has a short introduction. Three essays examine Sargent's development as an artist, his relationship with his patrons, and his involvement, over 30 years, with painting murals.
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- 2014-08-08
- 424 pages
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