1882 (ca.), John Singer Sargent, Cafe on the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Encouraged by his mother, Sargent learned to paint with watercolor as a young child. Though it wasn't a focus of his training in Paris, he continued to work in the medium his entire career. Its portability made it well suited for travel. Sargent had visited Venice as a child, but his lifelong fascination with depicting the city began during his Paris years, and he would continue to find novel ways to capture its mystique into the twentieth century. Like Venise par Temps Gris (Venice in Gray Weather), shown nearby, Sargent painted this lively café scene on Venice's main waterfront. The church of Santa Maria della Salute is to the far left and the Doge's Palace is at right. This work may be one of only two watercolors that he exhibited publicly at the Salon in 1881.
1882 (ca.), John Singer Sargent, Cafe on the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Encouraged by his mother, Sargent learned to paint with watercolor as a young child. Though it wasn't a focus of his training in Paris, he continued to work in the medium his entire career. Its portability made it well suited for travel. Sargent had visited Venice as a child, but his lifelong fascination with depicting the city began during his Paris years, and he would continue to find novel ways to capture its mystique into the twentieth century. Like Venise par Temps Gris (Venice in Gray Weather), shown nearby, Sargent painted this lively café scene on Venice's main waterfront. The church of Santa Maria della Salute is to the far left and the Doge's Palace is at right. This work may be one of only two watercolors that he exhibited publicly at the Salon in 1881.