John Singer Sargent by Richard Ormond

John Singer Sargent by Richard Ormond

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.

"This is the first volume in a complete-works catalog that will include oil paintings, watercolors and pastels by the 19th Century American expatriate. . . It encompasses a number of his most famous paintings, reproducing them beautifully in color and providing a number of luscious closeups of his virtuoso brushwork. The superb introductory essay sets his work against artistic theories of the period, and detailed entries on the paintings provide even biographical accounts of the sitters. A book that amply justifies its sixteen years of labor—and not only to specialists."—Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune




"This beautifully illustrated volume . . . is the first in a massive study which will document the painter’s 600-odd portraits and 1,700 subject pictures and landscapes in oil and water-color. . . . The notes accompanying each illustration are illuminating and well written and the Introduction helps those who only know Sargent as the painter of grand English ladies to see what a great painter he was."—Contemporary Review


". . . the Sargent volumes set a model for generosity and accessibility."—Marc Simpson, Burlington Magazine

Richard Ormond is Director of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. Elaine Kilmurray has published a number of articles on Sargent.

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ISBN 13	9780300072457
ISBN 10	0300072457
Title	John Singer Sargent
Author	Richard Ormond
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	1998-04-20
Number of pages	304
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