Studies for Gassed
between 1918 and 1919 Imperial War Museum
About this artwork
This drawing consists of preparatory sketches including figures of soldiers and close-up studies of hands, created by Sargent in preparation for his large-scale oil painting 'Gassed'.
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John Singer Sargent was commissioned as a war artist by the British government in 1918 to document the Western Front. While scouting for subjects, he witnessed a harrowing line of soldiers blinded by mustard gas, a scene so traumatic it inspired the monumental painting 'Gassed', which captures the haunting helplessness of the war's victims.
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Studies for Gassed
John Singer Sargent, between 1918 and 1919
