Art History at Loggia | Exploring the Artist John Singer Sargent

Portrait of the Artist John Singer Sargent

name | John Singer Sargent

lived | 1856-1925

paintings | selected works

The Breakfast Table
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
The Daughters of Edward D. Boit
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth
Fumée d'Ambre Gris
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Madame X
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley
Repose
Self Portrait

In 1887, Henry James wrote of John Singer Sargent: "There is no greater work of art than a great portrait - a truth to be constantly taken to heart by a painter holding in his hands the weapon that Mr. Sargent wields. The gift that he possesses he possesses completely - the immediate perception of the end and of the means."

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