The watercolors of John Singer Sargent
By: Carl Little ; picture editor & designer, Arnold Skolnick.
Contributors: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, US
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) stands among the great watercolorists, shoulder to shoulder with J. M. W. Turner, Winslow Homer and other masters of this difficult medium. Sargent's early watercolor sketches served as studies for oil paintings and portrait commissions. After 1900 watercolor became the preferred medium for expressing his personal artistic vision. Often spontaneous, these watercolors are masterworks.

This first comprehensive survey devoted solely to Sargent's watercolors contains over 150 works in color - many of them never before reproduced. Carl Little's text places the artist's accomplishments in the context of his life and times and discusses his extraordinary watercolor technique.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 19) and index.
"A Chameleon book"--T.p. verso.