John Singer Sargent Watercolor Featured in Brooklyn Museum Exhibition
A watercolor painting by John Singer Sargent titled 'Villa di Marlia, Lucca – A Fountain' is highlighted in an art publication. The work, created with watercolor and gouache, measures 16 by 21 inches and is part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's collection. The piece was previously displayed at the Brooklyn Museum in an exhibition that showcased Sargent's technique of using zinc white to create opaque effects in lighter areas. This method, common among watercolorists of his era, involved adding white pigment to achieve gouache-like opacity, particularly visible in elements like the waterfall in this painting.
Key facts
- John Singer Sargent created the watercolor and gouache painting 'Villa di Marlia, Lucca – A Fountain'
- The artwork is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- The painting was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in a past show
- Sargent used zinc white to create opaque passages in his watercolors, a technique shared by contemporaries like Homer and Turner
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- Lucca
- Boston