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Hold on there Steve
Painterly and highly detailed are not contradictions.
Sargent had a painterly style but many of his commissions were very detailed and had a high degree of finish. It is just that he achieved that finish with a very direct method of painting but to say that all his work was alla prima (or premier coup) would be a misnomer. Although his approach to painting could be described as alla prima the technical definition can
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