Roseg Glacier, Pontresina
1869
Before becoming the darling of high society portraiture, a young John Singer Sargent captured the raw beauty of the Swiss Alps in this stunning watercolor. Painted in 1869 when he was just a teenager traveling with his family, the piece shows the majestic Roseg Glacier flowing down the valley like a slow, frozen river between massive snow-covered peaks. A lone, dark green pine tree in the foreground provides a tiny sense of scale against the immense, icy landscape. It’s a charming glimpse into the early skills of a master artist, proving he had an eye for dramatic scenery long before he was painting the elite of London and Paris.
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