John Singer Sargent made his fortune and reputation as a portrait painter of beautiful women and influential men. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller ...

(Army and Navy Club Library Trust, Washington, D.C.) Review by Philip Kennicott John Singer Sargent’s 1903 portrait of Teddy Roosevelt dominates a large gallery in the National Portrait Gallery ...

In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Whitelaw Reid ... which includes this Sargent portrait, to be donated to the nation. Thanks to her generosity, the works are kept on permanent public display ...

In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive ...

Today, John Singer Sargent's Portrait of Madame X is regarded as a brilliant and tasteful depiction of classical beauty and femininity—so it might shock you to learn that when the American ...

The legendary American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925 ... Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt sat for him. In 1918, Sargent enlisted in World War I as an artist and created ...