Self-Portrait Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1886 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: John Singer Sargent moved to London in 1886 after painting this portrait. He was considered the “leading portrait painter” of his generation. He created over 900 oil paintings, more than 2,000 watercolors, and many charcoal drawings and sketches throughout his career.
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Fishing For Oysters At Cancale
Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1878 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: This painting was the first Sargent painting to be exhibited in America at the avant-garde Society of American Artists (NYC) from March 6 to April 5, 1878.
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Luxembourg Gardens At Twilight
Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1879 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: The words "to McKim" on the canvas refer to Charles Follen McKim, a close friend of Sargent's. He was a member of McKim, Mead and White, the New York architectural firm that designed the original 1914 Minneapolis Institute of Arts building.
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The Little Fruit Seller Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1879 Materials and Technique: Oil on Board Interesting Fact: The artist spent most of his growing-up years traveling throughout Europe with his family. He was known for being a rambunctious child that did not do much formal schooling. His mother believed that their lifestyle of travel and visits to museums and churches would naturally provide him with a satisfactory education.
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Head Of An Italian Woman
Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1878 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: Sargent, although American, was born in Italy, trained in Paris, and lived most of his life in Europe.
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Portrait Of Carolus-Duran Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1879 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: Sargent submitted this portrait of his teacher, Carolus-Duran, to the Salon of 1879. It won him an honorable mention, and his reputation as a portraitist was given a boost.
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Beatrice Townsend Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1882 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: Sadly, only two years after this painting was completed, Beatrice died of peritonitis at age fourteen.
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Miss Elsie Palmer Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1889-1890 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: While most portraits Sargent was able to complete quickly, this portrait took more than a year to complete.
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Portrait of Two Children Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1887 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: This anonymously titled portrait is actually Malcom Forbes’ two sons, commissioned by Mrs. Malcom Forbes.
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Garden Study Of The Vickers Children Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1884 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: This is one of 11 paintings of the Vickers family Sargent did while staying with them in Sussex England during the summer of 1884. Vincent and Dorothy are painted in the naturalistic style.
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Poppies Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1886 Materials and Technique: Oil on canvas Interesting Fact: Poppies belongs to a series of innovative paintings and drawings that John Singer Sargent executed in preparation for his Impressionist masterpiece, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose. Sargent created both works at Broadway, a picturesque village in the English Cotswolds.
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Under The Willows Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1887 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: This work was painted from a floating studio after Sargent had spent time with Monet on his ‘bateau atelier.’ You can clearly see the impressionist influence Monet had on him in this piece.
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Venetian Onion Seller Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1880-1882 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: Between 1880 and 1882 Sargent spent two periods in Venice, during which he executed studies of local people and picturesque corners of the city. This unidentified onion seller is one such work.
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Paul Helleu Sketching His Wife Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1889 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: Paul, also an artist, was one of Sargent's closest friends. They had met in Paris in 1878 when Paul was 18 years old and Sargent 22. This painting was not warmly received when exhibited in 1889, and after that, Sargent stopped submitting his impressionist work for Salon exhibition.
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Village Children Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1890 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: Sargent had no assistants; he handled all the tasks, such as preparing his canvases, varnishing the painting, arranging for photography, shipping, and documentation. He commanded about $5,000 per portrait, or about $130,000 in current dollars. Some American clients traveled to London at their own expense to have Sargent paint their portrait.
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Boy On A Rock Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1907-1909 Materials and Technique: Watercolor on Paper Interesting Fact: In 1907, at the age of fifty-one, Sargent officially closed his studio. Relieved, he stated, "Painting a portrait would be quite amusing if one were not forced to talk while working…What a nuisance having to entertain the sitter and to look happy when one feels wretched." His focus shifted to watercolors using subjects of local people, landscapes and friends.
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Marionettes Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1903 Materials and Technique: Oil on Board Interesting Fact: Sargent did not create Marionettes with the intention of selling it during his lifetime. Instead, he retained it for his personal collection, and the work passed to his beloved sister, Emily, after his death in 1925.
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Reconnoitering Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1911 Materials and Technique: Oil on Canvas Interesting Fact: This portrait of Painter Ambrogio Raffaele is one of the occasional portrait done out of friendship and presented as a gift. It is said to be the unshackling of Sargent’s human sympathies and painting hand.
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Camping At Lake O-Hara Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1916 Materials and Technique: Watercolor on Paper Interesting Fact: Sargent broke new ground in the field of watercolors. He and Winslow Homer broke away from the staid English school of pen and ink and produced explosive, loosely painted works that jarred the critics. They made watercolors fashionable and were the first to have them seriously exhibited.
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Muddy Alligators Painted by: John Singer Sargent When: 1917 Materials and Technique: Graphite and Watercolor on Paper Interesting Fact: There are two hints pertaining to what this watercolor of Floridian reptiles is saying: there are six alligators and the year is 1917. World War I was dragging on in muddy trench warfare (like the bodies of the alligators) and America was "finally getting in." The six gators represent the six European Superpowers of the day: Prussia, Russia, Austria-Hungary, England, France and Italy.
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