Bus Horses in Jerusalem Silk Scarf Raphael Room Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is

Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of the great works of western literature

The WPA National Research Project Photographs

Oil on canvas

and photography by the three artists

Danijel Zezelj

Bus Horses in Jerusalem Silk Scarf Raphael Room Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables isHorses have always fascinated artists. Here, Sargent renders these working horses with elegance and dignity. Less interested in the beauty of one single horse, Sargent chose an angle from which he was able to see the repeating forms of multiple backs. As Sargent stated in a letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner, he was drawn to the romantic appeal of the subject during a trip to the Middle East. Measures 33. 5" x 51" Made of 100% silk John Singer Sargent