Sleeping Girl
Artist
John Singer Sargent
(American, 1856-1925)
Dateca. 1890
Object number64.0518
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions28 x 18 in. (71.1 x 45.7 cm)
frame: 28 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 3 in. (72.4 x 67.3 x 7.6 cm)
frame: 28 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 3 in. (72.4 x 67.3 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
DescriptionJohn Singer Sargent, born in Florence to American parents, spent most of his life in Europe. Sargent began experimenting with Impressionist techniques that influenced his pictorial language. For instance, he stopped painting with neutral hues and began implementing the colorful palette characteristic of Impressionism. The palette of pastel colors, the loose brushwork, and the representation of natural light in Sleeping Girl are characteristic of Impressionism. Likewise, the work evokes the sense of ephemerality that viewers so often see in en plein air painting. This way of observing the world to capture a fleeting moment recurs throughout the artist’s oeuvre, especially in his landscapes and genre scenes.
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