Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011372In Austrian Tyrol
About the Artwork
Although Sargent’s career was defined by his portraits of high-society patrons, privately he painted landscapes in watercolor and oil throughout his career. After the turn of the century, assured of his reputation, Sargent produced more landscapes than any other kind of painting. Alpine views were among his favorite subjects, but he avoided associating them with the rhetoric of the sublime. Instead, mountain views such as In Austrian Tyrol were closely cropped, often rendered from a low vantage point. The visual relationship between the shapes of the foreground rocks and the mountains themselves was what captured his attention.
Provenance
Collection of Sir David Murray, R. A. Collection of Sir David Murray, R. A.;
Exhibition history
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937). The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). Water Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 27, 1962). Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925)
- Date
- 1911
- Medium
- watercolor with traces of graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29.9 x 45.2 cm (11 3/4 x 17 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Accession no.
- 1921.1734
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