John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856

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John Singer Sargent(January 12, 1856 April 14,
1925)

• Made by Tsebenko Anastasia

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Short description
Born January 12, 1856)Florence, Italy
Died April 14, 1925 (aged 69)London, England
Nationality American (United States)
Field Painting
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• John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 April 14,
  1925) was an American painter, and a leading
  portrait painter of his era.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.

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Early life

• Though his father was a patient teacher of basic
  subjects, young Sargent was a child, more
  interested in outdoor activities than his
  studies. As his father wrote home, He is quite a
  close observer of animated nature.
• Contrary to his father, his mother was quite
  convinced that traveling around Europe, visiting
  museums and churches, would give young Sargent a
  satisfactory education. She was a fine amateur
  artist and his father was a skilled medical
  illustrator.
• Early on, she gave him sketchbooks and
  encouraged drawing excursions. Young Sargent
  worked with care on his drawings, and he
  enthusiastically copied images from the
  Illustrated London News of ships and made
  detailed sketches of landscapes. FitzWilliam had
  hoped that his sons interest in ships and the
  sea might lead him toward a naval career.

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• At thirteen, his mother reported that John
  sketches quite nicely, has a remarkably quick
  and correct eye. If we could afford to give him
  really good lessons, he would soon be quite a
  little artist.

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• At age thirteen, he received some watercolor
  lessons from Carl Welsch, a German landscape
  painter.Though his education was far from
  complete, Sargent grew up to be a highly literate
  and cosmopolitan young man, accomplished in art,
  music, and literature.

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Spanish Dancer c 1879-82, Private Collection

• In 1879, at age 23, Sargent painted a portrait of
  teacher Carolus-Duran the virtuoso effort met
  with public approval, and announced the direction
  his mature work would take. Its showing at the
  Paris Salon was both a tribute to his teacher and
  an advertisement for portrait commissions.

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Works

• In the early 1880s Sargent regularly exhibited
  portraits at the Salon, and these were mostly
  full-length portrayals of women, such as Madame
  Edouard Pailleron in 1880 (done en plein-air) and
  Madame Ramón Subercaseaux in 1881. He continued
  to receive positive critical notice.

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Portraits

• His most controversial work, Portrait of Madame X
  (Madame Pierre Gautreau), done in 1884, is now
  considered one of his best works, and was the
  artist's personal favorite. (He stated in 1915,
  I suppose it is the best thing I have done.).

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Watercolors

• During Sargent's long career, he painted more
  than 2,000 watercolors, roving from the English
  countryside to Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the
  Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida, and
  each destination offered pictorial stimulation
  and treasure.
• Even at his leisure, in escaping the pressures
  of the portrait studio, he painted with restless
  intensity, often painting from morning until
  night.

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Carnation lily lily rose
Almina Daughter of Asher Wertheimer
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"Gondoliers' Siesta", c. 1904
"Gondoliers' Siesta", c. 1904
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Thanks for attention