Tarragona Terrace and Garden
John Singer Sargent
c. 1908
Medium
Watercolor and opaque watercolor with printed paper fragments over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
30.5 × 45.9 cm (12 1/4 × 18 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133456
About the Artist
John Singer Sargent · 1856–1925
John Singer Sargent, born on January 12, 1856, in Florence to American expatriate parents FitzWilliam Sargent, an eye surgeon and medical illustrator, and Mary Newbold Singer, an amateur artist, enjoyed a nomadic childhood across Europe. His mother nurtured his artistic inclinations with sketchbooks and museum visits, while he received early watercolor lessons from German landscape painter Carl We...