Gassed
Artist: John Singer Sargent
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 231 x 611 cm
Date: 1919
John Singer Sargent was born in Florence in 1856. Both of
his parents were American and John considered himself American even though he spent
most of his life in Europe. Known his figure and landscape paintings, John
mainly used oil and watercolor. John was known for having a huge output of
paintings and sketches, often working night and day, on vacations and sometimes
seven days a week. He painted U.S. Presidents, European aristocracy, business
tycoons, gypsies and tramps alike. More info
During the war John Sargent traveled near the front lines to
capture the harsh realities of the war. His painting Gassed shows a group of soldiers after a gas attack. many have been blinded while others lay on the ground trying to recover. This was the
first war where weaponized gas was used, creating a whole new dynamic in battle.
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