Thursday, January 19, 2012

John Singer Sargent -- master watercolorist

Sargent may have been the portrait painter for the Edwardian era, but what I love most about his work are his watercolors -- they continue to inspire and teach.  The freshness and lushness of  his work seems so contemporary -- ahead of his time for use of paint, water and paper in the field.  

 Spanish Fountain
Watercolor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 

Learn about about Sargent at this link:


And if you like a little scandal (and what is good art without scandal), read about the infamous Madame X...



Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art




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