Sargent's Painting Materials: New Discoveries and Their Implications. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Townsend, Joyce H.; Rayner, Georgina
• Is Part Of: Visual culture in Britain. Volume 19:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 89
• Page End: 111
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: John Singer Sargent -- oil paints -- pigments -- palettes -- easels -- equipment -- painting practice -- working practice; Art -- Great Britain -- History -- Periodicals; Performing arts -- Great Britain -- History -- Periodicals; Art and society -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Performing arts -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 700.94105
• DOI: 10.1080/14714787.2018.1441745
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-4787

Abstract

Abstract : Several paintboxes and palettes used by John Singer Sargent, now in collections in both the USA and UK because he worked in both countries, have been studied technically. The results are compared to the artist's training and oil painting practice over his lifetime, elucidated in a recent study. Sargent's selection of materials and use of portable gear, modular easels and palettes for outdoor work are contextualized within the practice of coeval European artists. He used a wide range of high-quality paints consistently over his lifetime, which facilitated obtaining supplies in whichever continent and city he was working.