John Singer Sargent · 1919

Gassed

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A column of mustard-gassed soldiers, eyes bandaged, each hand on the shoulder ahead, filing past the fallen toward a dressing station under a low golden sky. Sargent's monumental witness to the Western Front — the great anti-war painting of the First World War.

Up to 16 × 6 in · landscape

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Gassed

Gassed is a large oil-on-canvas painting completed by John Singer Sargent in 1919. It depicts a line of soldiers blinded by mustard gas, each resting a hand on the shoulder of the man in front as they are led toward a dressing station, painted after Sargent witnessed the aftermath of a gas attack on the Western Front in 1918. Commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee, it is held by the Imperial War Museum in London.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Belle Époque and Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, Capri, Spain, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

Gassed— questions & answers

›What does Gassed depict?

A line of soldiers blinded by mustard gas, each resting a hand on the shoulder of the man in front as they are led toward a dressing station. Sargent painted it after witnessing the aftermath of a gas attack on the Western Front in 1918.

›Why did Sargent paint Gassed?

It was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee and completed in 1919 — Sargent's monumental witness to the First World War.

›Where is Gassed displayed?

The original is held by the Imperial War Museum in London.

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