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Detailed Description
Title
John Singer Sargent : expatriate, businessman, portraitist
Department(s)
Visual Arts
Creator(s)
Advisor(s)
Date of Original
6/1/2008
Description
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was an American painter who was born and spent the majority of his life living and working in Europe at the height of American activity abroad during the expatriate movement of the 1880’s. He found exceptional success in Paris’ demanding art world, and benefited from Europe’s artistic resources, such as the artists’ colonies and the ability to study from revered Old Masters while mixing with avant-garde Impressionists. He was an astute businessman who garner international recognition and fame by adapting his approach to representation and exhibition according to shifting artistic environments. He is best recognized for his prolific portraiture career, and for the lifelike and painterly style he used to capture the unique characteristics of his sitters. He was sought after by the elite of France, England, and America, and these portraits reflect the state and desires of elite society both at home and abroad.
Genre
thesis
Publisher of Digital Record
Union College Schaffer Library Digital Projects
Source
Union College Schaffer Library Special Collections
Contact Information
Union College Schaffer Library Special Collections, 807 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308; 518-388-6620; https://www.union.edu/schaffer-library
Harmful Language Statement
Language
English