Sargent, when he painted the size of life, placed his canvas on a level with the model, walked back until canvas and sitter were equal before his eye, and was thus able to estimate the construction and values of his representation...


Men and memories: recollections of William Rothenstein (ed. 1934)

William Rothenstein Quotes

Sargent, when he painted the size of life, placed his canvas on a level with the model, walked back until canvas and sitter were equal before his...

Sargent, when he painted the size of life, placed his canvas on a level with the model, walked back until canvas and sitter were equal before his...

Sargent, when he painted the size of life, placed his canvas on a level with the model, walked back until canvas and sitter were equal before his...

Sargent, when he painted the size of life, placed his canvas on a level with the model, walked back until canvas and sitter were equal before his...