Sargent, John Singer
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| born on | 12 January 1856 | ||||
| Place | Florence, Italy, 43n46, 11e15 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT h0e45 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   21°31'   or 
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Biography
American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.
Born in Florence to American parents, he was trained in Paris before moving to London, living most of his life in Europe. He enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter. An early submission to the Paris Salon in the 1880s, his Portrait of Madame X, was intended to consolidate his position as a society painter in Paris, but instead resulted in scandal. During the next year following the scandal, Sargent departed for England where he continued a successful career as a portrait artist.
From the beginning, Sargent's work is characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly in his ability to draw with a brush, which in later years inspired admiration as well as criticism for a supposed superficiality. His commissioned works were consistent with the grand manner of portraiture, while his informal studies and landscape paintings displayed a familiarity with Impressionism. In later life Sargent expressed ambivalence about the restrictions of formal portrait work, and devoted much of his energy to mural painting and working en plein air. Art historians generally ignored society artists such as Sargent until the late 20th century.
Sargent was a lifelong bachelor with a wide circle of friends including both men and women such as Oscar Wilde (whom he was neighbors with for several years), lesbian author Violet Paget, and his likely lover Albert de Belleroche. Biographers once portrayed him as staid and reticent. However, recent scholarship has speculated that he was a homosexual man, as he had devoted significant time to renderings of nude male figure studies
He died on 14 April 1925, aged 69, in London, England.
Relationships
- friend relationship with James, Henry (1843) (born 15 April 1843)
- friend relationship with Monet, Claude (born 14 November 1840)
Events
Source Notes
Birth date and place from Wikipedia and biographies. Birth time is unknown.
Starkman rectified to 03.30.12 LMT Asc 26Sco05'.
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession