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Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism

Born in Florence , Italy having American parents , the most flourishing portrait painter during his time John Singer Sargent becomes a part of an exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , through his eye-catching landscapes and masterpieces . During his time , the world of art is dominated by Cubism , Fauvism and Impressionism . However , John Sargent accomplished his masterpieces through his own form of Realism His skills , as well as his form

, were honed under the tutelage of Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran in Paris from 1874 to 1878 , after studying rigorously in both Italy and Germany . John Sargent 's paternal grandfather was a Spanish descent and he carefully studied the paintings in the Prado during an extended residency in Madrid from 1866 to 1868 (Boone , 117

Constantly the internationalist , John Sargent journeyed by train from Paris to Madrid , and he was in the Prado by October 14 , and the several of copies that he completed , such as the painting of a dwarf then credited to Velasquez and a detail of Velasquez 's Las bilanderas ' in 1879 , recommends or advocates a stay of just more than one month . Sargent also has several collections of photographs after Velasquez , Don Antonio el ingles ' and Las Bilanderas . In addition to this , he also had The Surrender of Breda , the Forge of Vulcan ' and Las meninas , which he stored or set aside in a scrapbook . These photographs served as souvenirs from his trip as well as reference material for his study of art history , and motivation for fresh works of art (Boone , 280

John Singer Sargent is fond of life . John Sargent finds the the people portrayed rather than the setting to be exotic . His love for life , as well as being a painter , can be observed in some of his masterpieces such as in Dolce Far Niente ' and The Sketchers The Sketchers (1856-1925 ) is John Sargent 's 22 by 28 inches masterpiece which uses oil on canvas as medium . The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was able to acquire this artwork through the help of Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund , in the year 1958 . In The Sketchers , there is an interplay of light and dark or chiaroscuro which can be instantly recognized . The left side of the painting shows scuro (dark , while the right side shows chiaro (light . The chiaro can be observed through the shadows and darker shade or hue of colors used through the trees and on the left side of the white umbrella . In addition to this , the background sky ' on the left side is darker as compared to that on the left side These darker shades or shadows are results of the light from a source which can be observed to be coming from the right side of the painting

The tree on the painting can be observed as a line which divides the chiaro and the scuro . In addition to this , it also provides...

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