The Mountains are Calling
John Singer Sargent, Majorca, watercolor over pencil on paper, 1908, Private Collection
Hearing the call of the mountains led to today's post. While I'm not among the mountains, I can gaze upon images of them (Sargent's) and scheme. John Singer Sargent traveled though mountains in multiple
countries and brought sketchbooks along. I am looking forward to some time in the mountains, although not in the Swiss Alps, Dolomites or Spain, with my watercolors as well. I hope to learn from Sargent's layering of similar hues, his loose brushwork, and white areas left untouched.
John Singer Sargent, Mount Cervin, Alps, watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper, 1905, Private Collection
John Singer Sargent, Open Valley, Dolomites, watercolor and gouache on paper, c.1913-14, Metropolitian Museum of Art, New York
John Singer Sargent, Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook, Metropolitian Museum of Art, New York
John Singer Sargent, Bay of Uri, Brunnen (from Switzerland 1870 Sketchbook,) watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 1870 Metropolitian Museum of Art, New York
John Singer Sargent, Snow, watercolor and graphite on paper, c.1909-1911, Metropolitian Museum of Art, New York
John Singer Sargent, Simplon Pass, Avalanche Track, watercolor and opaque watercolor with wax resist over graphite on paper, c.1909-1911, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
John Singer Sargent, In the Dolomites, watercolor and graphite on paper, 1914, Private Collection
Do you have a favorite mountain scene painted by Sargent? What mountains do you like to paint?
Happy Trekking!
John Singer Sargent, Simplon Pass, Avalanche Track, watercolor and opaque watercolor with wax resist over graphite on paper, c.1909-1911, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
John Singer Sargent, In the Dolomites, watercolor and graphite on paper, 1914, Private Collection
Do you have a favorite mountain scene painted by Sargent? What mountains do you like to paint?
Happy Trekking!
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