John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
The most sought-after society portraitist of his time — as well as a highly accomplished painter of landscapes and genre scenes — John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, to well-to-do American parents. The French-trained Sargent depicted his sitters with a bravura brushstroke and a degree of originality that were highly progressive at the time. As a result, he enjoyed critical notice and important patronage, but also weathered some controversy.
Though Sargent spent most of his life abroad, his American ties brought him numerous portrait commissions as well as important commissions for the mural programs at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Public Library.
Sargent's works, whether in oil, watercolor, or charcoal, are marked with naturalness and a distinct sense of immediacy due to his remarkable technical facility as an artist. Whether monumental portraits or casual outdoor scenes, his works possess a freshness and fluidity seldom matched in any era.
Sargent spent much of his free time painting and sketching outdoors, and his landscapes, architectural, and subject pictures — influenced by his friendship with Claude Monet and frequently executed in watercolor — depict the various locations he visited, including Italy, rural England, Giverny, the Mediterranean, northern Africa, and the Alps. The artist devoted a large portion of his late career to his mural projects, and also served as a war artist during World War I.
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1920s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1870s Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1870s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1920s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1920s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1920s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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2010s Modern John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Gabriel RiesnertAu Bord de l'eau, Original Drawing, Pastel, Trees and House along the seafront, 2019
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pastel
2010s Contemporary John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Early 2000s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Modern John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite, Charcoal, Paper
Early 2000s Modern John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
1940s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
1940s American Impressionist John Singer Sargent Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Charcoal