John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) was born in Florence, Italy. He earned early acclaim for his promise as a portraitist, although he drew harsh reviews for his exhibition of Madame X at the Paris Salon of 1884. He reclaimed a favorable reputation by the end of the decade, and by the early 20th century he was devoting more time to war-themed paintings, landscapes and watercolors. Sargent died in 1925 in London, England.
Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, 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, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.
His parents were American, but he was trained in Paris prior to moving to London. Sargent enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter, although not without controversy and some critical reservation; an early submission to the Paris Salon, his "Portrait of Madame X", was intended to consolidate his position as a society painter, but it resulted in scandal instead. From the beginning his work was characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly in his ability to draw with a brush, which in later years inspired admiration as well as criticism for a supposed superficiality. His commissioned works were consistent with the grand manner of portraiture, while his informal studies and landscape paintings displayed a familiarity with Impressionism. In later life Sargent expressed ambivalence about the restrictions of formal portrait work, and devoted much of his energy to mural painting and working en plein air. He lived most of his life in Europe. Art historians generally ignored the society artists such as Sargent until the late 20th century.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by the Estate of John Singer Sargent. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, 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, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.
His parents were American, but he was trained in Paris prior to moving to London. Sargent enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter, although not without controversy and some critical reservation; an early submission to the Paris Salon, his "Portrait of Madame X", was intended to consolidate his position as a society painter, but it resulted in scandal instead. From the beginning his work was characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly in his ability to draw with a brush, which in later years inspired admiration as well as criticism for a supposed superficiality. His commissioned works were consistent with the grand manner of portraiture, while his informal studies and landscape paintings displayed a familiarity with Impressionism. In later life Sargent expressed ambivalence about the restrictions of formal portrait work, and devoted much of his energy to mural painting and working en plein air. He lived most of his life in Europe. Art historians generally ignored the society artists such as Sargent until the late 20th century.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by the Estate of John Singer Sargent. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Mr John Singer Sargent |
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| John Singer Sargent studio (1885) |
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| 1870, Schreckhorn, Eismeer |
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| 1877, Fanny Watts |
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| 1877-78, Woman Carrying Basket, for "Oyster Gatherers of Cancale" |
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| 1878, A Capriote |
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| 1878, Boat in the Waters off Capri |
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| 1878, Capri Girl on a Rooftop |
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| 1878, Head Of Ana - Capri Girl |
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| 1878, Staircase in Capri |
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| 1878, Two Boys on a Beach with Boats |
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| 1878-79, Landscape with Two Children |
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| 1878-79, Study of Three Figures |
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| 1878-80, Head of a Young Woman (aka Native Woman) |
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| 1878-80, Staircase |
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| 1879, Alhambra, Patio de los Arrayanes |
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| 1879, Carolus Duran |
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| 1879, In the Luxembourg Gardens |
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| 1882, Lady with the Rose |
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| 1882, Madame Paul Escudier |
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| 1882, Street in Venice |
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| 1882, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit |
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| 1883, Mrs Henry White |
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| 1884, Garden Study of the Vickers Children |
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| 1884, Le verre de porto |
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| 1884, The Misses Vickers |
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| 1885, Arsène Vigeant |
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| 1885, Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose |
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| 1885, Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood |
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| 1885, Madame Paul Poirson |
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| 1885, Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field |
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| 1885, The Candelabrum ( Lady with Cancelabra ou The Cigarette) |
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| 1886, Mrs Cecil Wade |
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| 1888, Morning Walk |
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| 1889, Paul César Helleu sketching with his wife Alice Guérin |
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| 1890, Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile |
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| 1890-1910, Man Standing, Hands on Head |
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| 1892, Mrs. Hugh Hammersley |
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| 1893 Lady Agnew of Lochnaw |
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| 1896, Mrs Carl Meyer and her Children |
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| 1897, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes |
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| 1899, Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears |
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| 1899, The Wyndham Sisters Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant |
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| 1900, Man with Red Drapery |
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| 1902, Mrs Hugh Hammersley |
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| 1902, On His Holidays, Norway |
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| 1903, Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel |
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| 1903, Theodore Roosevelt |
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| 1904, Base of a Palace |
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| 1904, Gondoliers' Siesta |
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| 1905, Frederick Law Olmsted |
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| 1907, The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, taly |
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| 1907, In a Medici Villa |
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| 1907, Man Seated by a Stream |
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| 1908 Almina Wertheimer's exotic beauty |
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| 1908, Cora Countess of Strafford |
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| 1909, Nancy Viscountess Astor |
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| 1910, The Garden Wall |
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| 1910, Villa di Marlia, Lucca |
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| 1911, Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara |
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| 1912, Mountain Stream |
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| 1913, Venetian Canal |
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| 1914, George Nathaniel Curzon |
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| 1917, John D. Rockefeller |
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| 1917, Muddy Alligators |
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