Wow, that guy could paint! This was essentially my response when I first encountered the work of John Singer Sargent back in my art school days. I was disappointed, though, to find that the art history books treated him with less regard than I expected. Read More …
Portrait of Ernest Schelling, John Singer Sargent Charcoal on paper, roughly 24 x 18 inches (62 x 47 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY (use zoom or download links above and below image on their page). Many people are aware Read More …
Simplon Pass: The Tease, John Singer Sargent Link is to zoomable image on Google Art Project; there is a downloadable high-res file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Watercolor over graphite sketch, with gouache and the use of wax Read More …
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, John Singer Sargent In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s only paint, brushes and canvas, folks. (Sigh.)
Breakfast in the Loggia, John Singer Sargent Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project. The original is in the Freer/Sackler Gallery. Though the image linked from the latter page in not high resolution, there is a nicely large image linked from this post Read More …
An Artist in His Studio, John Singer Sargent Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Many, if not most paintings are not named by the artist, but by subsequent Read More …