John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits; The Complete Paintings: Volume I

This first volume of a definitive collection of the works in oil, watercolor, and pastel of beloved painter John Singer Sargent catalogs his portraits from 1874 to 1887. Volume two will include portraits painted from 1890 until the end of the artist's career. The entire collection will bring together nearly 600 portraits and some 1,600 subject pictures, landscapes, and three mural cycles. This volume features 180 color and 80 b&w illustrations. Size D. 256 pp.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Kilmurray, Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent
• Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 261 mm x 322 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 2218 g
• Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; Complete Paintings; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; Complete Paintings
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history