/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Where can I get reference photos of models from the 19th century? My goal is to draw similar to the likes of Sargent and such (painting can come later, I REALLY like his sketches). I assume that's all the masters of then had to work with.

this saucy number right here

what if we all are like this, jesus anons stop posting so I can dream that I actually progress in the only thing I like doing

>>3822586

>Should the painting not be satisfactory, the whole is ruthlessly fogged by brushing together, the object being not to allow any parts well done, to interfere with that principle of oneness, or unity of every part; the brushing together engendered an appetite to attack the problem afresh at every sitting each attempt resulting in a more complete visualization in the mind. The process is repeated until the canvas is completed.

>Sargent plotted his major canvases at length, often scraped away days if not weeks of effort, sometimes made second versions of a finished composition when the traces of the campaign appeared too evident. He strove hard, successfully, to make the result seem effortless. With his water colours he seems to have simply discarded the sheet and restarted or simply restricted access to those he considered inadequate.

This one took quite a while:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Madame_X

>Even when composition had been decided upon and painting started, work progressed slowly. In a letter to a friend Sargent wrote "One day I was dissatisfied with it and dashed a tone of light rose over the former gloomy background... The élancée figure of the model shows to much greater advantage."[12] On September 7, Sargent wrote "still at Paramé, basking in the sunshine of my beautiful model's countenance."[12] By the fall, Sargent's interest in the venture was nearing completion: "The summer is definitely over and with it, I admit, is my pleasure at being at Les Chênes [Gautreau's estate]."[13]

>>3347653
>reference
not an argument

pic related

>>2772381
How can people think this guy was any good?
Like lmfao look at her nose and waist
holy shit haha how bad can you get

>>2524962

>>1943675
then sargent is subpar because it's just a woman wearing a black dress