Thistles — John Singer Sargent Fine Art Poster
Thistles — John Singer Sargent Fine Art Poster
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The Story in the Margin
Painted between about 1883 and 1889, this watercolor captures a tangle of windblown thistles rendered in broken brushwork and vivid, almost abstract patterning that flattens the picture plane. John Singer Sargent painted the humble botanical subject while working in the English countryside, using it to experiment with color and gesture outside his formal portrait commissions. It is now held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
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The subject alone sold me and the execution sealed it. The texture in Thistles makes Sargent feel present in the room.
This shop does everything right, from checkout to delivery. The clarity of Thistles makes it look like the original was photographed yesterday. It has been through a Gulf Coast August with the AC running nonstop and looks exactly the same.
This has been the easiest online order I have placed in years. It has made me appreciate Thistles more than I already did. The finish is even and flawless right to the edges. It has a substantial feel that photos cannot really show. It looks right in a house built in 1920 outside Chicago.
This is a solid buy at a slightly high price. The detail in Thistles holds up from a couple of feet away.
This is genuinely one of the nicest things we own now. The shading in Thistles has a depth I never noticed in books. I could not be happier with it.