Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute

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  • 115046
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  • Portrait/Vertical
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John Singer Sargent

1856-1925

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation." Born in Florence, Italy to American parents, Sargent studied painting in Italy and France before gaining renown for his portraits of the wealthy and aristocratic. His works are characterized by remarkable technical ability, a modern sensibility, and a deft command of light and color.

Sargent's most famous portraits include Madame X, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, and his self-portrait. He also created large-scale murals, including a series depicting the history of religion for the Boston Public Library. Sargent was an acclaimed watercolorist and landscape painter as well. Despite controversy early in his career, he became one of the most celebrated and successful portrait artists of his era, elected to the Royal Academy at age 34.

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Other Paintings by John Singer Sargent

Rio dell'Angelo
Subject: Coastal Villages and Towns
Man in a Blue Mantle
Subject: Portraits
In the Luxembourg Gardens
Subject: Courtyards, Fountains and Ponds
Venice, Zattere
Subject: Coastal Villages and Towns
Captain John Spicer
Subject: Women and Ladies
Villa Falconieri
Subject: Forests
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field
Subject: Husband and Wife
Albert de Belleroche
Subject: Portraits
Mrs. Richard H. Derby
Subject: Women and Ladies
Man with a White Turban
Subject: Portraits
Head of Christ
Subject: Jesus Christ
Villa Torlonia, Frascati
Subject: Fountains