COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1946.293
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Sargent, John Singer
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1856 - 1925
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
John Singer Sargent
Title:
The Patio
Title Type:
Primary
Title:
Majorca: Terrace with flowering plants
Title Type:
Former
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1908
Creation Start Date:
1869
Creation End Date:
1869
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor with traces of gouache over graphite
Dimensions:
Sheet: 53.2cm x 34.6cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1946.293
Credit Line:
In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T., Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
Inscriptions:
VERSO, center, in orange crayon: 5/3 ; lower left, in black chalk: 4072 [circled, sideways]
Context:
Sargent was born in Italy, studied in France, and worked chiefly in England, but he never renounced his American citizenship. As a young man, Sargent achieved fame and wealth as a portraitist, but he gradually tired of painting wealthy, superficial aristocrats. In his later years he focused increasingly on watercolor. Along with Winslow Homer, Sargent was the major artist to develop a spontaneous approach toward watercolor. Rather than carefully layering his pigments, he dashed off his paintings in a single sitting, allowing the colors to freely blend together.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1946.293.tif
