Study for Figure above "Music"
between 1919 and 1920 Museum of Fine Arts Boston
About this artwork
This charcoal drawing is a preparatory study for a figure depicted in the mural project 'Music' commissioned for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It highlights Sargent's masterful use of light and shadow to model the anatomical form of a male figure.
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John Singer Sargent was widely celebrated for his portraiture, but his later career was dominated by massive, complex mural commissions for institutions like the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts. This study reflects his rigorous academic approach, where he would painstakingly plan every figure's musculature and pose in charcoal before translating them into the final decorative mural schemes.
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Study for Figure above "Music"
John Singer Sargent, between 1919 and 1920
