Sargent art

This exhibition will recognize the sheer scale of Sargent’s achievement as a portrait draftsman.

I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 Verenigde Staten

Détail de « Léon Delafosse », par John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8). (Detail of “Léon Delafosse”, by John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8).)

With an exhibition of paintings by John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery, we take a look at one of this Royal Academician’s most famous works.

John Singer Sargent's Painting Techniques

Famous artist and portrait painter John Singer Sargent was known for painting wealthy aristocrats as well as the controversial painting: Madame X. Other oil portraits by John Singer Sargent include the famous Lady Agnew of Lochnaw.

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John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) was a remarkable and prolific artist, having created over 900 oil paintings and 2,000 watercolor paintings during his life. You will notice that I use his work to illustrate many of the posts on Draw Paint Academy. In this post, I take a closer look at his work to

John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 Verenigde Staten