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Often derided as staidly traditional, John Singer Sargent in fact provided a glimpse of the modern world. Ahead of a major new exhibition, Sarah Churchwell surveys the sensational portraits that caught the imagination of painters and authors alike

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In “Fashioned by Sargent,” paintings by John Singer Sargent Are Paired with the Garments Actually Worn by their Subjects

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman) by John Singer Sargent, 1893, Smithsonian. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/elizabeth-winthrop-chanler-mrs-john-jay-chapman-21621 According to Sargent, twenty-six-year old Elizabeth Chanler had "the face of the Madonna and the eyes of a child." This portrait shows a beautiful, well-bred woman who has learned to be strong. When Elizabeth was still a girl, her mother died, leaving her to help care for seven younger brothers and sisters…

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…

A remarkable painter! He was the favorite of Edwardian society, but at the height of his success as a portraitist in the “grand manner,” he gave it up. A very private man, sophisticat…