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John Singer SargentPortrait painter extraordinaire

John Singer Sargent was an Italian artist born on January 12, 1856. Singer Sargent contributed to the Impressionist, Early Modernist, and Realist movements, worked in England, United States, France, and died on April 14, 1925. Get notified when John Singer Sargent's biography is complete:

Portrait of a Man

1868

Bay of Uri, Brunnen

1870

Boy on Water Buffalo

1879

Madame X

1883

Two Girls on a Lawn

1889

The Wyndham Sisters

1899

Treetops Against Sky

1913

Berthe Morisot

The soul of Impressionism

1841-1895

Mary Cassatt

The unflinching embrace of motherhood

1844-1926

Edgar Degas

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things."

1834-1917

Umberto Boccioni

Why can’t I stop painting my mother?

1882-1916

Piet Mondrian

There is no God, only Truth

1872-1944

Henri Matisse

100% artist

1869-1954

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Nudes teach you everything you need to know (to paint landscapes)

1796-1875

Édouard Manet

A rebellious painter shocks the French Salon and courts his brothers wife

1832-1883

José Tapiro y Baro

Painting in the shadow of your best friend

1836-1913
18012000
The 'new woman' in painting
Cecilia Beaux
"Art is eternal, but life is short…"
Evelyn De Morgan John Singer Sargent
The man who fell in love with a demon
Mikhail Vrubel
A childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price
Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

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