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Trout Stream in the Tyrol
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A friend who accompanied Sargent on three trips to the Alps and the Austrian Tyrol described Sargent's precarious position as he painted an alpine stream: "I saw him working on a steep mountain side, the branch of a torrent rushing between his feet, one of which was set on stones piled up in the water." Perhaps that was the artist's perch as he painted this mountain landscape, which shows an angler prowling the bank of a wild stream, watching the water intently for his next catch.
The American painter John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, and grew up in the cultural capitals of Europe, thanks to his parents, who left Philadelphia for a nomadic, expatriate life abroad. Exposed to European art and culture from birth, Sargent attended art schools wherever he was living and developed into a consummate cosmopolitan, evident in his portrait commissions of social elites, first in Paris and then in England and the United States.
The Hunter in the Forest by Kenya Bertoli, 5th grade, Wagner Ranch Elementary School
The sky blue water rushes through the rocks, screaming as it goes. The olive green trees sway in the wind. The deer hold their breath, not making a sound. The rainbow colored fish swim far, far way. Everything is terrified when a hunter comes here to destroy all in his path. They come and go, never bringing good.
Alternative label, LP for Google Lens POC, April 2018: A friend who accompanied Sargent on three trips to the Alps and the Austrian Tyrol described Sargent's precarious position as he painted an alpine stream: "I saw him working on a steep mountain side, the branch of a torrent rushing between his feet, one of which was set on stones piled up in the water." Perhaps that was the artist's perch as he painted this mountain landscape, which shows an angler prowling the bank of a wild stream, watching the water intently for his next catch.
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent
- Title
- Trout Stream in the Tyrol
- Date
- 1914
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm); 30 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (78.1 x 93.3 x 8.6 cm) framed
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Isabella M. Cowell to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
- Accession Number
- 1951.24