The art-collecting industrialist Henry Frick tried to commission a portrait from the famed artist, to no avail.

Italian-born, American ex-patriot John Singer Sargent (1856-1925 ... Here, he ditches both his signature realism and opulent subject matter in favor of stylistic and cultural exploration. First up, we ...

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Sargent & Paris,' at the Met, is the moving story of an ambitious young painter prior to his co-option by the ruling class.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveys the first 10 years of a precocious painter getting his start in Paris.

As a new exhibition of work by the painter John Singer ... Art at the University of Edinburgh and Senior Curator at the National Galleries of Scotland. In addition to the Wertheimers, Sargent's ...

“The jumping off point is the John Singer Sargent portrait “Madame ... some comments have focused on Sherald’s signature use of gray colors, a painting method called grisaille, to depict ...

After two years of traveling, “Madame X” — the iconic 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent — has returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it’s the star of a new exhibit ...

and Museum of Fine Arts Houston The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new show “Sargent and Paris” (April 27–August 3) explores John Singer Sargent’s early career, before and after that ...

“She’s not simply the sister of a famous man, and her art is not is not simply a pale reflection of John Singer Sargent. She’s quite got her own style, her own way of painting ...

he became fantastically wealthy by dealing art. To celebrate his talent for persuading people to buy expensive objects, he has hired the famous John Singer Sargent and done what nobles do ...