Artist spot light-John Singer Sargent

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John Singer Sargent is know for his portraits in oil. But when he traveled he would use...watercolor.
In a time where Impressionism was the language of painters, the quick sketches in watercolor gave him the immediate visual impact and the joy of just painting.  Like his contemporaries, Plein aire was the way to paint.


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