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Two British soldiers at Arras, 1917, painted by John Singer Sargent
I didn’t know that John Singer Sargent did anything remotely serious in his art!
His portraits of rich folks were how he paid the bills, apparently, but he also did a lot of other painting, including a lot of lovely watercolors.
I did a post about his visit to the war zone in 1917-1918 to create paintings in support of the Allied war effort, which is when this painting was done; see Sargent’s 1918 for more examples.
Reposted from http://lies.tumblr.com/post/67487989109.
