Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Sargent was born in Italy, studied in France, and worked chiefly in England, but he never renounced his American citizenship. As a young man, Sargent achieved fame and wealth as a portraitist, but he gradually tired of painting wealthy, superficial aristocrats. In his later years he focused increasingly on watercolor. Along with Winslow Homer, Sargent was the major artist to develop a spontaneous approach toward watercolor. Rather than carefully layering his pigments, he dashed off his paintings in a single sitting, allowing the colors to freely blend together.
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John Singer Sargent — Incensing the Veil
John Singer Sargent — Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court
Isidore Pils — Ruins of the Tuileries Palace
Johannes Bosboom — De trap in het Prinsenhof te Delft, waar 
Franz Meyerheim — A Wooden Door of a Farm Building near Mera
John Singer Sargent — Corfu: The Terrace
Walter Crane — Italian Farmhouse
Joaquín Sorolla — The Gardens at the Sorolla Family House
John Singer Sargent — Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute
John La Farge — Flowers on a Window Ledge
Adolph Menzel — The Artist's Sitting Room in Ritterstrasse
John Singer Sargent — Courtyard, Tetuan, Morocco
