Preview | Description | Artist | Notes |
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A Street in Arras by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer |
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... | |
A Wrecked Sugar Refinery by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer | ||
Camouflaged Tanks, Berles-au-Bois by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer | ||
Garden Gate watercolor by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer |
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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Gassed by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer |
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... | |
The Interior of a Hospital Tent by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer |
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... | |
Thou Shalt Not Steal by John Singer Sargent 1918 Imperial War Museum London, UK | Sargent, John Singer |
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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- Imperial War Museum