John Singer Sargent: Watercolors
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John Singer Sargent: Watercolors Details
Review Experimenting with unusual compositions and new techniques, he reinvented himself aesthetically... far from stagnating Sargent was innovating in his watercolors. (Judith Dobrzynski The New York Times) Read more
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This book on Sargent Watercolors is wonderful. Lots of nicely reproduced images that fill the page. The paintings are grouped by subject: Venice, Bedouins, gardens, mountains, quarries, etc. It has some photos of Sargent at work, and photos of his models. Even better: the book includes many close-ups of the paintings, so you can see how he painted them. You can see how Sargent layered the paint, how he used a wax resist, or wet-in-wet. There's even a chapter, called "Bringing Back Something Fine" that talks about Sargent's techniques, with photos of the paintings taken with a raking light, to highlight the texture of the paper or the impasto paint. It also shows some of his oil paintings side-by-side with the watercolors.
