John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes 1908–1913: The Complete Paintings, Volume VIII (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)
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John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes 1908–1913: The Complete Paintings, Volume VIII (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) Details
Review "Perhaps the most beautiful and arguably the most important [volume] published thus far . . . The Sargent catalogue raisonné [is] a wonderful project aesthetically, academically, and historically."—Joshua Rose, American Fine Art Read more Book Description Offering new personal insight into Sargent and including many unpublished images, this volume showcases paintings of some of Sargent’s favorite places and people. Read more About the Author Richard Ormond is a Sargent scholar and an independent art historian; he is the artist's great-nephew. He was formerly deputy director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Elaine Kilmurray is a co-author and the research director of the John Singer Sargent catalogue raisonné. Read more
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I have all the volumes in this wonderful series and this one is fantastic, especially if you love his watercolors. Since it focuses on his travels to his favorite painting locations, it's full of variations and alternative views of scenes and models we've seen before. I'm totally in awe of his ability to capture the essence of any subject. You've seen those amazing watercolors of harbors with boats and reflections, well, guess what, there's a lot more of them you've never seen. These volumes are of the highest quality and worth every penny. The authors have done justice to his legacy and I'm so glad they did.
