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The Resource Sargent abroad : figures and landscapes, [essays by] Warren Adelson [and others]

Sargent abroad : figures and landscapes, [essays by] Warren Adelson [and others]

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Summary
  • With impressive new scholarship and little-known, color-drenched images, this beautiful book reveals an unexpected and highly engaging aspect of John Singer Sargent's remarkable career. Although most renowned for his dazzling society portraits, Sargent took greatest pleasure in escaping his studio to paint out of doors. In the past, his far-flung expeditions have been dismissed as little more than tourist jaunts
  • But with this book - the first significant study of the figures and landscapes that Sargent painted from 1900 (after he had established himself as one of the foremost portraitists of the age) through 1914 (when World War I changed his world) - it becomes clear that his travel paintings constitute a far larger and more important aspect of his work than previously realized. Many of these oils and watercolors come from private collections and have rarely, if ever, been seen in the years since the artist's death in 1925
  • For the first time, Sargent's extensive travels are thoroughly documented here, using letters and diaries written by his companions. Charming vintage photographs, including some that Sargent is believed to have taken himself, chronicle his adventures and cast new light on this intensely private artist. The book also includes as invaluable chronology of the artist's travels as well as brief biographies of his traveling companions - mostly beloved family and dear friends - who accompanied Sargent on his creative journeys
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
255 pages
Isbn
9780789203847
Instance
Label
Sargent abroad : figures and landscapes
Title
Sargent abroad
Title remainder
figures and landscapes
Statement of responsibility
[essays by] Warren Adelson [and others]
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • With impressive new scholarship and little-known, color-drenched images, this beautiful book reveals an unexpected and highly engaging aspect of John Singer Sargent's remarkable career. Although most renowned for his dazzling society portraits, Sargent took greatest pleasure in escaping his studio to paint out of doors. In the past, his far-flung expeditions have been dismissed as little more than tourist jaunts
  • But with this book - the first significant study of the figures and landscapes that Sargent painted from 1900 (after he had established himself as one of the foremost portraitists of the age) through 1914 (when World War I changed his world) - it becomes clear that his travel paintings constitute a far larger and more important aspect of his work than previously realized. Many of these oils and watercolors come from private collections and have rarely, if ever, been seen in the years since the artist's death in 1925
  • For the first time, Sargent's extensive travels are thoroughly documented here, using letters and diaries written by his companions. Charming vintage photographs, including some that Sargent is believed to have taken himself, chronicle his adventures and cast new light on this intensely private artist. The book also includes as invaluable chronology of the artist's travels as well as brief biographies of his traveling companions - mostly beloved family and dear friends - who accompanied Sargent on his creative journeys
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
759.13
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
ND237.S3
LC item number
S37 1997
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Adelson, Warren
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Sargent, John Singer
  • Landscapes in art
  • Sargent, John Singer
  • Sargent, John Singer
  • Schilderijen
  • Aquarellen
  • Landschaftsmalerei
  • Bildband
  • Reise
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Figurenmalerei
Label
Sargent abroad : figures and landscapes, [essays by] Warren Adelson [and others]
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 244) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
36648825
Dimensions
31 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
255 pages
Isbn
9780789203847
Lccn
97010517
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
UMKC:Forms part of the Corky Pfeiffer Art Reference Collection.
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), map
System control number
(OCoLC)36648825
Label
Sargent abroad : figures and landscapes, [essays by] Warren Adelson [and others]
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 244) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
36648825
Dimensions
31 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
255 pages
Isbn
9780789203847
Lccn
97010517
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
UMKC:Forms part of the Corky Pfeiffer Art Reference Collection.
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), map
System control number
(OCoLC)36648825

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