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John Singer Sargent - Figures and Landscapes, 1914-1925: The Complete Paintings, Volume IX (Hardcover)
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John Singer Sargent - Figures and Landscapes, 1914-1925: The Complete Paintings, Volume IX (Hardcover)
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The final volume in a full survey of the work of John Singer
Sargent, covering his late watercolors, designs for the Boston
murals, and work as an official War Artist The last in a series of
books devoted to the work of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), this
volume covers the figure and landscape works that Sargent produced
between 1914 and 1925. The story begins with the artist painting
with friends on vacation in Austria in the summer of 1914, unaware
that war was about to be declared. The following year, he began
working in London on his ideas for the murals at the Boston Public
Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, before spending two
years in Boston and exploring other parts of America. While in
Florida to paint a portrait of John D. Rockefeller, he produced a
group of uniquely Floridian watercolors that are breathtaking
arrangements of color, form, and light. In July 1918 he accepted an
invitation from the British government to travel to the Somme
battlefields as an official war artist. This experience led him to
produce a remarkable group of works depicting troop movements,
off-duty soldiers relaxing, and the studies for his epic canvas,
Gassed. Sargent returned to Boston in 1921 and 1922 to complete his
mural projects, and visits to Maine and New Hampshire yielded
numerous watercolors. Chapters on Sargent's materials and the
framing of his pictures complete this remarkable project. Published
for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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