Sargent: the Boston Library Murals
From 1890 to 1916 Sargent worked on the decoration of a large vaulted room in the Boston Public Library, undoubtedly the most ambitious and complex of all his commissions. The related studies and preliminary sketches on display here reveal the mode of epic symbolism that he chose to deploy in this work, making it unique within his oeuvre.
From 1890 to 1916 Sargent worked on the decoration of a large vaulted room in the Boston Public Library, undoubtedly the most ambitious and complex of all his commissions. The related studies and preliminary sketches on display here reveal the mode of epic symbolism that he chose to deploy in this work, making it unique within his oeuvre.
John Singer Sargent
Sketch for the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Crowing with Thorns
– Hands – Boston Public Library Murals, c. 1903-1916
Charcoal on paper. 47.8 x 63 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sketch for the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Crowing with Thorns
– Hands – Boston Public Library Murals, c. 1903-1916
Charcoal on paper. 47.8 x 63 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
John Singer Sargent
Man screaming, Study for “Hell”, 1890-1916
Charcoal and pencil on paper. 61.9 x 47.6 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Man screaming, Study for “Hell”, 1890-1916
Charcoal and pencil on paper. 61.9 x 47.6 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
John Singer Sargent
Sketch for Hell – Two Figures – Boston
Public Library Murals, c. 1903-1916
Charcoal on paper. 47.5 x 61.8 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sketch for Hell – Two Figures – Boston
Public Library Murals, c. 1903-1916
Charcoal on paper. 47.5 x 61.8 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston