John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of 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, Spain, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.Born in Florence to American parents, he was trained in Paris before moving to London, living most of his life in Europe. He enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter. An early submission to the Paris Salon in the 1880s, his Portrait of Madame X, was intended to consolidate his position as a society painter in Paris, but instead resulted in scandal. During the next year following the scandal, Sargent departed for England where he continued a successful career as a portrait artist.From the beginning, Sargent’s work is characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly

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Elsie Wagg (Circa 1893)

John Singer Sargent

Mademoiselle Suzanne Poirson (1884)

John Singer Sargent

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885)

John Singer Sargent

Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth) (1897)

John Singer Sargent

Life Study (Study of an Egyptian Girl) (1891)

John Singer Sargent

Mrs Carl Meyer And Her Children (1896)

John Singer Sargent

The Wyndham Sisters; Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant (1899)

John Singer Sargent

Portrait Of Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess Of Sutherland (1867-1955) (1904)

John Singer Sargent

Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) And Her Daughter Rachel (1903)

John Singer Sargent

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