John Singer Sargent

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Sargent biography

, is a world leading portrait painter active in Europe in the very late nineteenth and early twentieth century, as well as a remarkable watercolor painter. John Sargent got no formal diploma, but he received honour from many famous universities around the world, such as Harvard and Yale in United States awarding him the Doctor degree. Early at his 35, British artists regarded Sargent John as the most distinguished portrait painter in the world. So, oil painting lovers are very interested in the painter biography, and reproductions of paintings by Sargent in gallery are prevalent.

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John Singer Sargent Biography

American painter, sculptor, draftsman, portraitist, muralist, watercolorist and guitarist
born 1856 - died 29 April 1925
Born in: Florence (Florentine province, Tuscany, Italy).
Died in: London (Greater London, England).
Student of: Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1838-1917)

Living in Western Europe for much of his life, Sargent became one of the world's greatest portraitists and muralists of his time. With his virtuoso handling of paint and ingenious compositions, he brilliantly captured his sitter's character, often focusing on their aristocratic refinement and individual hauteur. As ARC Chairman Fred Ross notes: "The power of his compositions are legendary, and give Sargent art a wall presence that surpasses most other artists from any period. He is perhaps the most sought after American artist of his time and major paintings by John Singer Sargent sell for many millions of dollars in the major auction houses of New York."

Sargent artist was born in Florence, Italy in 1856 to American ex-patriots. It would not be until age 21 that would he visit America for the first time. Well schooled and fluent in several languages, John Singer Sargent moved with ease in European aristocracy. When combined with his artistic training by the famous Parisian portraitist Carolus-Duran [1838-1917], he launched a lifelong career of success after success.

But his career was not without scandal.

As early as 1882, he had a great desire to paint the Sargent portraits of Madame Pierre Gautreau (1859-1915). Madame Gautreau did not commission the painter . Instead, he was able to obtain an introduction and persuade her to let him paint her portrait. The finished Sargent art was exhibited in the Salon of 1884 as Portrait de Mme ***, now known as Madame X.

Sargent paintings caused a great deal of horror and scandal. The original portraits showed Madame Gautreau with her right shoulder strap erotically slipped over her shoulder. This eroticism, combined with her grave flesh tones, proved too much for conservative critics. Not long after the scandal, painter Sargent moved to London where he would live for the rest of his life. He kept the Sargent portrait of Madame X, and more than twenty years later, he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Writing to the museum's director Edward Robinson in 1916, he wrote: "I suppose the portrait is the best thing I have done."

In London, John Singer Sargent quickly re-established his career as a portraitist, and through the patronage of several key London elites, he was once again able to secure the trust of his aristocratic sitters. The 1890s and early 1900s saw his career rise to unprecedented heights through important portrait and mural commissions.

While preparing for a trip to Boston from his London residence, artist Sargent died quietly in his sleep of a heart attack on April 25, 1925 at the age of sixty-nine.

The amount of Sargent art including oil paintings and watercolors ranges from 2500 to 3000 pieces.

He once travelled in Italy and settled in France for 10 years, then since 30 he lived in England and applied to create portraits in America such as Paul César Helleu sketching with his wife, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose. In this period, Sargent portrait oil paintings on canvas reached to 600 to 700 pieces.

During his travel in Europe and the Near East from 1900 to 1914, the painter also created more than 700 watercolor landscapes. In Venice, he painted more than 100 oil paintings and watercolor landscape painting including Gondoliers' Siesta as well as more than 500 pencil sketches and charcoal portrait drawings. These Singer Sargent paintings, including portraits of many well-known artist friends, were all painted in his transient spare time.