John singer sargent portrait

(detail) Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, 1892. Oil on canvas (1856-1925) Scottish National Gallery

I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

Having decided to elucidate in the Boston Public Library decorations the origins of Western religion, Sargent visited Egypt, Greece, and Turkey to sketch and paint just after he received the commission in 1890

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Who doesn’t love a Sargent Sunday? I snapped a couple pics of this beautiful (and very large) painting at the Nelson-Atkins. I love the composition and atmosphere he created in the painting of this Scottish socialite. When viewed from across the room, the realism is spectacular. As you approach the painting, it dissolves into abstract brush strokes and dollops of paint. A little background: Following the scandal caused by his 1884 painting, Portrait of Madame X, John Singer Sargent moved ...

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