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| John Singer Sargent Reproduction Artist Biography |
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| John Singer Sargent |
American Painter, 1856-1925
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925), American painter, who is known for his glamorous portraits of eminent or socially prominent people of the period. John Singer Sargent was born on January 12, 1856, in Florence, Italy, to Fitzwilliam and Mary Newbold Singer Sargent, American expatriates from Philadelphia. The family, including John and his two sisters, Emily (b. 1857) and Violet (b. 1870), traveled constantly throughout Europe, staying in rented accommodations and seeing the sights. Mrs. Sargent was an amateur painter, and both parents encouraged their son’s early artistic endeavors.
He studied art in Italy, France, and Germany, receiving his formal art education at the École des Beaux-Arts and in the Paris studio of the noted French portraitist Carolus-Duran. He spent most of his adult life in England, maintaining a studio there for more than 30 years and visiting America only on short trips.
Criticized for what some believed to be a superficial brilliance, Sargent's portraits fell into disfavor after his death. Since that time, however, these same canvases have been acknowledged for their naturalism and superb technical skill. About 1907 Sargent tired of portrait painting and accepted few commissions. He then worked chiefly on European scenes in watercolor, in a notably impressionistic style. Among his more famous works are El Jaleo (1882, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston), Madame X (1884, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), The Wyndham Sisters (1899, Metropolitan Museum of Art), and Boats at Anchor (1917, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts). |
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