Sirmione
1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This watercolor landscape depicts the coastal town of Sirmione on Lake Garda, Italy. It features a focus on the atmospheric quality of the light, clouds, and water characteristic of Sargent's later travel works.
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John Singer Sargent was well known for his brilliant society portraits, but in his later years, he increasingly turned to watercolor painting as a way to find personal artistic freedom away from the pressures of high-society commissions. During his 1913 trip to the Italian Lakes, he captured many such ephemeral moments of light and color, treating the landscapes with the same deft, fluid brushwork that defined his famous canvases.
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Sirmione
John Singer Sargent, 1913
