1885 (ca.), John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: John Singer Sargent first met Claude Monet in 1876, but the two artists were closest ten years later. Sargent admired the way that Monet worked outside, and shared some of his impressionist subjects and methods in sketches such as this. Here Sargent creates a human view of Monet's practice and of the patience of his wife, who sits behind him. When he settled in London in 1885 Sargent was initially viewed as experimental but came to be the greatest society portraitist of his day.
1885 (ca.), John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: John Singer Sargent first met Claude Monet in 1876, but the two artists were closest ten years later. Sargent admired the way that Monet worked outside, and shared some of his impressionist subjects and methods in sketches such as this. Here Sargent creates a human view of Monet's practice and of the patience of his wife, who sits behind him. When he settled in London in 1885 Sargent was initially viewed as experimental but came to be the greatest society portraitist of his day.