The Green Dress 1912

"The Green Dress" is a watercolor painting by John Singer Sargent, a renowned American portrait painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This piece, painted in 1912, showcases Sargent's masterful use of loose, expressive brushstrokes to capture the figure of a woman in a green dress, seated in an interior setting. Sargent's ability to convey both form and atmosphere with minimal detail is evident in this intimate portrait. While the subject's identity is unknown, she evokes a sense of quiet contemplation, lending a timeless quality to this captivating work.