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Tommies Bathing is a 1918 watercolor painting by John Singer Sargent. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Tommies Bathing
Artist	John Singer Sargent
Year	1918
Dimensions	34.6 cm (13.6 in) × 53.2 cm (20.9 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.	50.130.58
Identifiers	The Met object ID: 12440
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Early history and creation

Sargent painted Tommies Bathing in the summer of 1918. The British government had commissioned him for a painting that would commemorate the efforts of the Americans and British in World War I, so he traveled to the front in the valley of the Somme to find a subject. During this time, he painted some informal watercolors, including Tommies Bathing. The name "Tommy" comes from "Thomas Atkins," which was the a fictitious name that the British Army used on official forms for private soldiers.[2]

Later history and display

The watercolor was a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950 from Mrs. Francis Ormond, Sargent's sister.[2]

Description and interpretation

The work depicts soldiers bathing, resting, and sleeping or napping, implying a narrative from the bathing soldier, to the soldier drying himself in the sunlight, to the partially dressed soldier.[3] Sargent used a high, voyeuristic viewpoint and shows the men in a state of complete relaxation. He also captured the shadows cast across the bodies by blades of grass, with technical facility.[4]

References

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Tommies Bathing è un dipinto ad acquarello (34,6x53,2 cm) realizzato nel 1918 dal pittore John Singer Sargent. È conservato nel Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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