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A Game of Bowls. by John Singer Sargent

A Game of Bowls.

John Singer Sargent · 1889

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Artist
John Singer Sargent
Date
1889
Location
National Trust
ART MOVEMENTS
Tonalism
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THE ARTIST

John Singer Sargent

1856–1925 · United States

The man who painted 900 oils and 2,000 watercolors once caused a Paris scandal with a single bare shoulder.

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A Woman Walking in a Garden Same era · 1870s–1900s A Woman Walking in a Garden Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · Frans Buffa & sons A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1870s–1900s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago Madame Léon Clapisson Same era · 1870s–1900s Madame Léon Clapisson Léon-Victor Dupré · 1883 · Art Institute of Chicago Still Life with Crayfish Same era · 1870s–1900s Still Life with Crayfish Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1870s–1900s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago Caribbean Woman Same era · 1870s–1900s Caribbean Woman Paul Gauguin · 1889 · Yoshino Gypsum Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest Same era · 1870s–1900s Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1889 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Same era · 1870s–1900s Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Paul Cézanne · 1888 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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