Название: American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent
Автор(ы): H. Barbara Weinberg, Marjorie Shelley, Stephanie L. Herdrich
Издательство: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Год: 2000
ISBN: 0-87099-952-4
Страниц: 444
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 68 MB
The Metropolitan's collection of drawings and watercolors by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), the renowned expatriate American painter based in England, is extraordinary in size and variety. This publication—the first volume to appear in a series documenting the Museum's American drawings and watercolors—catalogues all 337 sheets by Sargent and every page from four sketchbooks, and analyzes them within the artist's oeuvre. Sargent is, of course, best known for his portraits, which secured his international patronage and reputation. However, he always traveled widely and drew and painted people, places, and things that captured his attention. This pattern began during an unusually peripatetic childhood, persisted through his student years, and marked his mature career, when he worked on murals and subject pictures as well as portraits. After about 1905, when his fame reached its apogee, Sargent declined most portrait commissions and spent more time traveling—for pleasure and for mural research—and recording his experiences, especially in dazzling watercolors.