Sargent art

Here are the latest batch to start off September. As usual they are a mixture to show the variety and versatility of watercolour with a little personal bias towards artists I particularly like. The wonderful Shirley Trevena. I have her first book and video, but to try and emulate her is not for the faint hearted! Edo Hannema - superb landscapes Janet Rogers - The excellent American artist Sir William Russel Flint - a legendary artist from the earlier era Virgil Akins Virgil has succeeded in…

With an exhibition of paintings by John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery, we take a look at one of this Royal Academician’s most famous works.

Détail de « Léon Delafosse », par John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8). (Detail of “Léon Delafosse”, by John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8).)

This exhibition will recognize the sheer scale of Sargent’s achievement as a portrait draftsman.

John Singer Sargent's Painting Techniques

Famous artist and portrait painter John Singer Sargent was known for painting wealthy aristocrats as well as the controversial painting: Madame X. Other oil portraits by John Singer Sargent include the famous Lady Agnew of Lochnaw.

John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 Verenigde Staten

This exhibition will recognize the sheer scale of Sargent’s achievement as a portrait draftsman.

John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 Verenigde Staten

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