John Singer Sargent: watercolors ; [publ. in conjunction with the exhibition John Singer Watercolors ; Brooklyn Museum, April 5 - July 28, 2013, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 13, 2013 - January 20, 2014; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2 - May 26, 2014]

John Singer Sargent's approach to watercolor was unconventional. Disregarding contemporary aesthetic standards that called for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes, loosely defined forms, and unexpected vantage points s...

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Format: Tagungsbericht Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston Museum of Fine Arts [u.a.] 2013
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Zusammenfassung:John Singer Sargent's approach to watercolor was unconventional. Disregarding contemporary aesthetic standards that called for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes, loosely defined forms, and unexpected vantage points startled critics and fellow practitioners alike. One reviewer of an exhibition in London proclaimed him "an eagle in a dove-cote"; another called his work "swagger" watercolors. For Sargent, watercolors were not so much about swagger as about a renewed and liberated approach to painting. His vision became more personal and his works began to interconnect as he considered the way one image--often of friends or favorite places--enhanced another
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:247 S. überw. Ill. 25 x 30 cm
ISBN:9780878467914
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