Muddy
Alligators
John
Singer Sargent
-- American painter
1917
Worcester
Art Museum,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Watercolor
over graphite
on medium
textured
cream wove
paper
34.3 x
52.1 cm (13
1/2 x 20 1/2
in.)
Jpg: CGFA
From: Will
Donnelley
Sargent broke new
ground in the field
of watercolors. He and Homer broke away from the staid English school
of
pen and ink and produced explosive, loosely painted works that jarred
the
critics. They made watercolors fashionable and were the first to have
them
seriously exhibited.
A favorite
painting....
1) In
terms of overall technique
-"Muddy
Alligators 1917
2) In terms of
aesthetic and emotional
impact on me:
-Gourds
1905-08
-White
Ships 1908
-The
Grand Canal, Venice 1902
-The
Garden Wall 1910
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