What is the name of that painting about the use of Mustard Gas in WW1?
This painting is called Gassed and is painted by John Singer Sargent. I’ve seen it in the IWM too and its very moving. Sargent, the son of an American doctor, was born in Florence in 1856. He studied painting in Italy and France and in 1884 caused a sensation at the Paris Salon with his painting of Madame Gautreau. Exhibited as Madame X, people complained that the painting was provocatively erotic. The scandal persuaded Sargent to move to England and over the next few years established himself as the country’s leading portrait painter. This included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain (1896), Frank Swettenham (1904) and Henry James (1913). Sargent made several visits to the USA where as well as portraits he worked on a series of decorative paintings for public buildings such as the Boston Public Library (1890) and the Museum of Fine Arts (1916). In 1918 Sargent was commissioned to paint a large painting to symbolize the co-operation between British and American forces during the First Worl
