How two members of the Bloomsbury Group battled with John Singer Sargent and destroyed his reputation for nearly 50 years, and reshaped 20th century painting.
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Paintings by Paul Signac, Claude Monet, Félix Vallotton, Millet, John Singer Sargent, Maurice Denis, and others.
By the 20th century artists were starting to understand why painterly images rich in brushstrokes were often more effective than those in fine detail.
Early works from Nantucket and the East Coast, views of Brittany, then finding form and distinctive fine-textured grasses and flowers around Medfield, Massachusetts.
1. Kill the Nemean Lion, by stunning it with his club then strangling it with his bare hands. 2. Kill the Lernean Hydra, by cutting off its heads and searing the wounds, then removing its remaining immortal head. 3. Capture the Ceryneian Hind.
From John Singer Sargent’s alligators near Miami, through Anna Althea Hills’ fall in Orange County, to Grant Wood’s Spring in the yard in Iowa.
Views of its dramatic coastline, high cliffs, and natural rock arches, by Albert Bierstadt, Haseltine, John Singer Sargent, and others.
Spectacular landscapes and details painted by John Ferguson Weir, Laurits Tuxen, Joaquín Sorolla, John Singer Sargent, Théo van Rysselberghe, and others.
Louis Blériot’s flight across the Channel in 1909, biplanes in the air war in 1914-18, and the Battle of Britain seen from a distance in 1941.
John Singer Sargent’s huge murals of classical myths, two last narrative paintings by Lovis Corinth, modern style in portraits by Anita Rée, and Oleksandra Ekster’s ‘Theatrical Composition’.
