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John Singer Sargent's approach to watercolor was unconventional.
Going beyond turn-of-the-century standards for carefully delineated
and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his
confidently bold, dense strokes and loosely defined forms 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,
however, the watercolors were not so much about swagger as about a
renewed and liberated approach to painting. In watercolor, his
vision became more personal and his works more interconnected, as
he considered the way one image--often of a friend or favorite
place--enhanced another. Sargent held only two major watercolor
exhibitions in the United States during his lifetime. The contents
of the first, in 1909, were purchased in their entirety by the
Brooklyn Museum of Art. The paintings exhibited in the other, in
1912, were scooped up by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "John
Singer Sargent Watercolors" reunites nearly 100 works from these
collections for the first time, arranging them by themes and
subjects: sunlight on stone, figures reclining on grass, patterns
of light and shadow. Enhanced by biographical and technical essays,
and lavishly illustrated with 175 color reproductions, this
publication introduces readers to the full sweep of Sargent's
accomplishments in this medium, in works that delight the eye as
well as challenge our understanding of this prodigiously gifted
artist.
This new volume accompanies and complements the publication of the major new 2-volume catalogue the Brooklyn Museum's collection of American paintings by artists born before 1876. It provides a richly illustrated general survey of the Museum's most significant paintings by American artists. Each painting is illustrated in colour, many with accompanying colour details and comparative images. The selected works are arranged in four thematic sections: early American art, art of the 1830's to 50's, American painting in the Civil War Era, and painting of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Extended captions discuss the key features of each painting, information about the artist, and the wider artistic context of the work and the period in which it was produced. The volume features a Chronology, which focuses on wider key moments, movements and styles that developed in American art post-Independence. Special attention is also given to works by individual artists who heavily influenced the development of American painting, such as Copley, Cole and Eakins.
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