American Impressionist

American Impressionist
Added on September 2007

John Sargent moved confidently and easily around Venice. The American artist, born in Florence in 1856, knew every nook and cranny. After visiting it for the first time at age 14, he was often to return over the next 40 years and more. John Sargent - a serene, generous, refined and kindly man - loved Venice deeply. The city suspended between sea and sky was the perfect subject to savour “The pleasure of translating the visual experience into brushstrokes on paper”. His undisputed talent enabled him to paint Venice in a new way, far from traditional representations. Indeed, his perspectives are dynamic and illuminated by instant iridescent light.

SARGENT AND VENICE Venezia, Museo Correr
The exhibition organised by the Musei Civici Veneziani and by the Adelson Galleries of New York, curated by Warren Adelson and Elizabeth Oustinoff, shows 54 paintings and water colours by John Sargent, in addition to ten paintings by modern Venetian artists. Catalogue: Electa (120 pagine, 30 €). tel. 0415209070, museiciviciveneziani.it