Title: John Singer Sargent : complete paintings /
Authors: Ormond, Richard.; Kilmurray, Elaine.; Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
Publisher: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Sargent, John Singer, Catalogues raisonnés.
Abstract: "From 1874 to 1882, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) produced more than 200 paintings and water-colours aside from portraiture that chart his development as an artist. The breadth of his achievement includes figures in landscape settings, architectural studies, seascapes, subject paintings, and studies after old masters. From his powerful studies of models in Paris in the mid-1870s to his compelling paintings set in Venice in the early 1880s, the works published in this volume of the catalogue raisonne show the variety of his aesthetic responses." "Working in the studio and en plein air, Sargent travelled widely during the eight years covered in this volume, painting in Paris, Brittany, Capri, Spain, North Africa and Venice." "This is the first time that Sargent's early work has been mapped so comprehensively. With very few exceptions, this book illustrates all the pictures under discussion in colour. Each painting, including several which have never been published before, is documented in depth with full provenance, exhibition history and bibliography. Original research of primary documents and on-site investigations uncovered much new information, presented in critical discussions of subject matter, dating, style, and significance in the artist's career. The volume reproduces a wealth of Sargent's preliminary and related drawings and of comparative works by other artists." --Book Jacket.
Contents: v. 1. The early portraits -- v. 2. Portraits of the 1890's -- v. 3. The later portraits -- v. 4. Figures and landscapes, 1874-1882 -- v. 5. Figures and landscapes, 1883-1899 -- v. 6. Venetian figures and landscapes, 1898-1913 -- v. 7. Figures and landscapes. 1900-1907 -- v. 8. Figures and landscapes. 1908-1913 -- v. 9. Figures and landscapes. 1914-1925 --