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The Olive Grove  1910

by John Singer Sargent

Occupying over half the picture plane, the olive trees’ majestic gray foliage creates a poetic calm over the spiraling tree trunks and activity of the people below. Sargent’s energetic, Impressionist brushstrokes have been highlighted by a recent cleaning of the painting. Sargent is largely remembered for interiors and figure painting. In the early 20th century the artist ...
Size: 
22-1/8 x 28-3/4 in.
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art