Born in Florence of American parents, Sargent spent most of his life in Europe. He studied painting in Italy and then from 1874 with Carolus-Duran in Paris. He later became a friend of Monet. He was a landscape painter as well as a society portraitist and mural painter.
John Singer Sargent
1856 - 1925
Paintings by John Singer Sargent
This full-length portrait is of Thomas Lister, who became the 4th (and last) Baron Ribblesdale in 1876, when he was just 22. He was a Liberal peer, a lord-in-waiting at court and a Trustee of both the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery.Plans to paint Lord Ribblesdale in formal hun...
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Although dated 1874 on the canvas, Sargent most likely painted this study of a shaded veranda the following year at Saint-Enogat in Brittany. He spent the summer of 1875 there, when he was just 19 years old. The fluid brushwork shows the influence of Impressionism, a new way of painting, particul...
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