Poperinghe: Two Soldiers, 1918
Sargent painted a number of watercolours of British Tommies at rest during WWI. There is an excellent collection of these along with his master work "The Gassed" at the Imperial War Museum, London.
Note: If in London make every effort to see "The Gassed" at the IWM. Monumental, classical, modern and gut retching by turns the painting is something that will stay with you. Abandoning the chilly and fussy neo-classicism of his BMFA murals he creates an image rooted in classical imagery but approachable to the viewer on a visceral level. Not the beautifully rendered social dilettantes we expect but our fathers, sons and lovers rendered wounded but noble.
Poperinghe: Two Soldiers, 1918
Sargent painted a number of watercolours of British Tommies at rest during WWI. There is an excellent collection of these along with his master work "The Gassed" at the Imperial War Museum, London.
Note: If in London make every effort to see "The Gassed" at the IWM. Monumental, classical, modern and gut retching by turns the painting is something that will stay with you. Abandoning the chilly and fussy neo-classicism of his BMFA murals he creates an image rooted in classical imagery but approachable to the viewer on a visceral level. Not the beautifully rendered social dilettantes we expect but our fathers, sons and lovers rendered wounded but noble.