The Sketchers
1913 · Oil on canvas · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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About this work
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
- Year
- 1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 55.9 × 71.1 cm
- Collection
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Movement
- Impressionism
Two painters, the English artist Wilfrid de Glehn and his wife Jane, sit at their easels under a white parasol in a sunlit wood in the Val d'Aosta in northern Italy. Sargent travelled and painted with the de Glehns for several summers, and here he turns the act of painting outdoors into the subject, with dappled light falling across the white dress and canvas. The picture is in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A sun-dappled picture of artists at work for a studio, study or living room in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or sage walls and is a natural gift for a painter.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Impressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1913)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.





































