In early 1918 John Singer Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war. Sargent originally thought he’d paint about the gallantry of soldiers, but after visiting the Western Front and seeing a field hospital full of soldiers who had been exposed to mustard gas, he changed his plans. The high society painter who occupied Edwardian drawing rooms was horrified to see the results of war first hand, and completed his confrontational response to the commission in March 1919. Gassed was voted picture of the year by the Royal Academy of Arts in 1919.
[image_with_animation image_url=”8323″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Photo from apartycrasher.biz/pages/baglady.html Every day I watch students waddle in, and waddle out of class, overloaded with heavy bags full of painting supplies. Brushes, paint tubes, mediums, containers, paper towels, canvases…. It’s a lot to carry! And how many times have you gotten all the way to the studio …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10799″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Denis Sarazhin is a Ukranian-born painter whose textured works seem to be carved out of rough flecks of color. The angular joints, and compositional habit of using a body’s limbs to divide the background remind me of Egon Schiele. Notice how his style is to start with a dark …
Yesterday’s headlines announced the first federal execution in 17 years. Because we needed some good news from our leadership, right? Right?!? The execution was by lethal injection, but the artistic resources in my mind recalled Warhol’s Electric Chair. Electric Chair is part of Warhol’s Death and Disaster series started in 1962. This series included car crashes, atom bombs, …
The League is proud to announce our official Artist-Not-In-Residence: Patty Haller. She will be using the front studio space to paint a 12′ panel for her January solo show at Smith & Vallee Gallery. As our official Artist-Not-In-Residence, Haller will share her process with League students and V-Notes readers. More to come. THIS JUST IN: Patty moved in the panels last Friday night …
John Singer Sargent’s “Gassed” 1919
In early 1918 John Singer Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war. Sargent originally thought he’d paint about the gallantry of soldiers, but after visiting the Western Front and seeing a field hospital full of soldiers who had been exposed to mustard gas, he changed his plans. The high society painter who occupied Edwardian drawing rooms was horrified to see the results of war first hand, and completed his confrontational response to the commission in March 1919. Gassed was voted picture of the year by the Royal Academy of Arts in 1919.
Notice here, behind a field of dead and wounded soldiers: a soccer game.
Sargent’s Sketches
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