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John Singer Sargent watercolors / Erica E Hirshler and Teresa A Carbone;

By:

Hirshler, Erica E

Contributor(s):

Carbone, Teresa A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, MA : MFA Publications , 2012Description: 247 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780878467914

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 759.13 SIN

Contents:

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 759.13 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		039721

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Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum, Apr. 5-Jul. 28, 2013; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Oct. 13, 2013-Jan. 20, 2014; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Mar. 2-May 26, 2014.

Sargent and watercolor / Richard Ormond -- Sargent's watercolors: not for sale / Erica E. Hirshler -- In Venice / Erica E. Hirshler -- Water craft / Karen A. Sherry -- Arrangements in landscape / Janet Chen -- In Villa gardens / Teresa A. Carbone -- Bedouin encounter / Teresa A. Carbone -- Portraits at hand / Teresa A. Carbone -- Alpine summers / Janet Chen -- Idle hours / Connie H. Choi -- Mountain landscapes / Janet Chen -- The quarry / Karen A. Sherry -- Approaching the modern / Karen A. Sherry -- Sunlight on stone / Teresa A. Carbone -- Bringing back something fine / Annette Manick and Antoinette Owen.

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.

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