There are many of the images that are so dark that there is no definition in the shadows. The faces leap off the page, sometimes "more alive than the sitters themselves." The short essays about the creation of each work, the life of the sitter, etc., are interesting and though repetitive (there is a similarity among his subjects--rich, pampered, often without much upstairs) n
There are many of the images that are so dark that there is no definition in the shadows. The faces leap off the page, sometimes "more alive than the sitters themselves." The short essays about the creation of each work, the life of the sitter, etc., are interesting and though repetitive (there is a similarity among his subjects--rich, pampered, often without much upstairs) never get dull. For the most part, this is a magnificent compilation of all the portraits Sargent did until 1889. I know that he would represent hair in the shadows with a single brush stroke (which I love) and they've been lost to poor printing. Very good book. So I'll keep it and enjoy the reading.. I love Sargent's backgrounds to his portraits, and on so many of the images, it's just flat black (his tonal depth is lost). I have say, as excited as I was to get this bookI was let down. So it's still a valuable reference.The information however is so extensive. There is even one image that the woman's dark hair falls into the flat black as welljust a floating face. I know that he did not paint floating faces, or at least that many. Often a work not detailed in this book (the first of a four-volume catalogue raisonnee) is referred to for comparison, but is not illustrated, or is shown in a postage-stamp size picture (example: a lo
The first part of the catalogue raisonne of the works in oil, watercolour and pastel of John Singer Sargent, this volume catalogues portraits from 1874, when he began training in Paris, early years in England and Sargent's first professional visit to America in 1887.. From Library Journal This work, published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the result of 16 years of research, is the first volume of the definitive catalogue raisonne of Sargent's works in oil, watercolor, and pastel. Volume 1 is illustrated with 80 black-and-white and 180 color reproductions. Hewgley, Nashville P.L., TNCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. This volume covers Sargent's formative years in France and England and his first professional trip to America in 1887. Each sitter is identified, with discussion on the context of the painting, along with provenance and exhibition history. A good companion to Trevor Fairbrother's more text-driven John Singer Sargent (LJ 7/94). His subjects range from family and friends to wr- Title : John Singer Sargent, Complete Paintings, Volume 1: The Early Portraits (Vol 1)
- Author : Richard Ormond
- Rating : 4.77 (672 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-5-1
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 304 Pages
- Asin : 0300072457
- Language : English
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