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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.
Portrait of Arthur Balfour is a 1908 portrait painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent of the British politician and former prime minister Arthur Balfour. [1] Balfour has succeeded his uncle Lord Salisbury as premier, his close connection to him earlier reportedly giving rise to the phrase "Bob's your uncle". [2]
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 painting was the result of sketches Sargent made in the Aosta Valley, in the foothills of the Italian Alps.He uses textured brushstrokes to convey the dappled sunlight falling on the forest, the hermit, and two deer.
Later, Sargent overpainted the shoulder strap to raise it up and make it look more securely fastened. [15] An unfinished version of the same pose, in which the position of the right shoulder strap remained unresolved, is in the Tate, London. [16] Sargent hung Madame X first in his Paris studio, and later in his studio in London. Starting in ...
Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand Wertheimer, 1902, Tate Britain. The Wertheimer portraits are a series of twelve portrait paintings made by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) of and for the British art dealer Asher Wertheimer (1843–1918) and his family.
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).
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]