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 | Henry Tonks 1918 Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK | 
Henry Tonks (1862-1937) studied medicine and became a doctor at
the Royal Free Hospital in London. Tonks also
attended drawing lessons at the London Technical Institute where he met the
artist Frederick Brown. When Brown became principal of Slade Art School, he
convinced Tonks to give up medicine and become one of
its teachers. He joined the New... | GA | igrkio |
 | A Street in Arras 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK |
Arras
1918
From: Art of the First
World War
During his
stay in France in the summer of 1918, Sargent travelled all over the Picardy
and Artois regions. In Arras, he painted the ruins of the cathedral and
collapsed houses like this one. A shell has burst through the wall, revealing
an old horse-drawn carriage. The floor... | GA | igrkio |
 | Gassed 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK |
Dulce et Decorum est
Bent
double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed,
coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the
haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards
our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched
asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped
on, blood-shod. All went lame, all... | GA | igrkio |
 | Artillery on the March 1918 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Soldiers at Rest 1918 |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Philip Rsheph, of London, a friend of the
JSS Gallery, for help with this image and information.
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition --
Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
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 | Thou Shalt Not Steal 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK |
Study for Thou Shalt Not Steal
1918
National Portrait Gallery, London
Pencil
25.4 x 17.8 cm (10 x 7
in.)
(Image is full size)
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | The Interior of a Hospital Tent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK |
On
September 24, Sargent was near Peronne
with the Fourth Army Prisoners of War Transit Cage which was were they held the Prisoners taken from the front before
sending them further back. Sargent made sketches
here, but while doing so caught a bad case of influenza.
He was
taken to the 41st Casualty Clearing Station near Roisel
were he stayed a... | GA | igrkio |
 | Garden Gate watercolor 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK |
Note:
The image
was taken in the Imperial War Museum, London in the "Sargent
Room" by
jkasummer05 (from webshots) uploaded:
Jul 8, 2005.
The
painting, no doubt, is part of the grouping of watercolors that Sargent gave to the museum
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 | Mrs. Percival Duxbury and her Daughter 1918 Manchester City Art Galleries Manchester, UK |
Note:
Bibliography
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The
later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 581.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's
Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jascha Heifetz March 1918 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
