Art/ Collection/ Search the Collection/ Art Object

Alpine Pool

Artist:
John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
Date:
1907
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 1/2 x 38 in. (69.9 x 96.5 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Accession Number:
50.130.15
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 770
Sargent’s unflagging interest in the effects of sunlight was challenged by the motif of flowing water. In depicting a brook at Purtud, Italy, he adopted a close vantage point and directed his gaze downward to the shimmering water and the rocks and foliage along the banks. The result is a nearly abstract arrangement of form and color. One critic’s description of Sargent’s technique accords well with this composition: “It is astounding to note the almost magical skill by which the swift touches of his brush build up and express the infinite varieties of the surfaces and substances which he was painting.”
Related Objects

Mrs. Hugh Hammersley

Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London) Date: 1892 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession: 1998.365 On view in:Gallery 771

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London) Date: 1883–84 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession: 16.53 On view in:Gallery 771

The Water Garden

Artist: Childe Hassam (American, Dorchester, Massachusetts 1859–1935 East Hampton, New York) Date: 1909 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession: 1994.450 On view in:Gallery 769

Flight Into Egypt

Artist: Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1859–1937 Paris) Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession: 2001.402a On view in:Gallery 766

Central Park, Winter

Artist: William James Glackens (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1870–1938 Westport, Connecticut ) Date: ca. 1905 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession: 21.164 On view in:Gallery 772