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Viscount Byng of Vimy by John Singer Sargent

Viscount Byng of Vimy

John Singer Sargent · 1916

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DETAILS
Artist
John Singer Sargent
Date
1916
Location
National Gallery of Canada
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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