A Tent in the Rockies
1916 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
About this artwork
This watercolor depicts a white canvas tent set up in a dense forest, executed by Sargent during his travels in the Rocky Mountains. The work captures the light filtering through the trees onto the translucent material of the shelter.
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John Singer Sargent was a prolific traveler who often carried his watercolor set with him into remote locations to capture direct observations of light. This piece reflects his mastery of the medium, using the white of the paper to render the luminosity of the canvas tent against the deep, dark tones of the surrounding forest.
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A Tent in the Rockies
John Singer Sargent, 1916
