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John Singer Sargent (/ ˈ s ɑːr dʒ ən t /; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) [1] was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury.
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. [1] During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.
The relationship between Sargent and the Wertheimer family is the subject of a book by American biographer Jean Strouse, Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers, published in 2024 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. [2]
The Misses Vickers, painted in 1884 by John Singer Sargent, is a portrait of three sisters, Florence Evelyn Vickers, Mabel Frances Vickers, and Clara Mildred Vickers.The portrait was commissioned by their father, Colonel Thomas Vickers, a wealthy industrialist. [1]
Synagogue is an allegorical mural by John Singer Sargent in the Boston Public Library. [1] It is part of Sargent's larger Triumph of Religion mural cycle in the library's central branch at Copley Square. Synagogue was unveiled in 1919, and it sparked immediate controversy. [2]
Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. [1] It is a study in opposition.
John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881, Hammer Museum. Dr Pozzi at Home is an 1881 oil painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent.The portrait of the French gynaecologist and art collector Samuel Jean de Pozzi was Sargent's first large portrait of a male subject: it measures 201.6 cm × 102.2 cm (6 ft 7.4 in × 3 ft 4.2 in).
John Singer Sargent. Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd, 1999. ISBN 0-87846-473-5; Marshall, Megan. "Model Children: The story of John Singer Sargent's painting of a family of enigmatic girls", The New York Times Book Review (December 13, 2009), p. 22; Prettejohn, Elizabeth. "Interpreting Sargent". Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998.