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John Singer Sargent: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born January 12, 1856 • Florence • Italy
Died April 15, 1925 (aged 69) • London • England
Notable Works “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose” • “Madame X”

Photos

Portrait of John Singer Sargent in profile, wearing a suit and tie, facing to the right with a trimmed beard and short hair.
John Singer Sargent: E Leola
John Singer Sargent: Madame X
John Singer Sargent: Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis
John Singer Sargent: The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Tennant, and Mrs. Adeane
Oil portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent showing Roosevelt standing with one hand on a wooden pedestal and the other on his hip, dressed in a dark suit.
Sir Hugh Allen, drawing by John Singer Sargent, 1925; in the British Museum
Lord Cromer, detail of an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1902; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Gabriel Fauré
Edmund Gosse, detail of an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1886; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Augustus John, self-portrait, chalk on paper, c. 1901; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Augustus John
Welsh painter
Benozzo Gozzoli: detail of Procession of the Magi
Benozzo Gozzoli
Italian painter
Zorn, Anders: Dagmar
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and etcher
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Thomas Eakins
American painter
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Winslow Homer
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-born American painter
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
American artist
self-portrait by Grant Wood
Grant Wood
American artist
George Caleb Bingham: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham
American painter
Winold Reiss
Winold Reiss
German-born American artist
William Morris Hunt.
William Morris Hunt
American painter
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
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