Camprodon, Espanha
c. 1892
John Singer Sargent escaped the stuffy studios of his portrait commissions to paint this sun-drenched street in Camprodon, Spain, around 1892. Notice how he lets the white of the paper do the heavy lifting for the bright walls, using quick, fluid washes of blue and brown to capture the heat and shadows of the afternoon. Two tiny figures wander at the bottom, dwarfed by the towering architecture and that massive, cloud-filled sky. It’s a masterclass in spontaneity—Sargent considered these travel watercolors his 'holiday' work, yet they often display more freedom and joy than his formal oil paintings.
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