Sargent, John Singer (Sargent, John Singer)
 

January 12, 1856 was born John Singer Sargent.
 American painter, whose work for the most part connected with the art of several European countries. As one of the most famous artists in his time, he wrote, mainly portraits of the highest nobility. Sargent came from a wealthy family doctor. He showed early aptitude for drawing. His first mentor in art began in 1868 lived in Rome landscapist Charles Welch, an American of German descent. In 1870 entered the Florentine Academy of Arts. In 1874 continued his education in Paris at the School of Fine Arts. But soon came to the studio fashion portrait Karolyus-Durand. Sargent's career developed rapidly, and already in the beginning. 1880 his name became more popular in the aristocratic salons of Paris and London. As a painter, he very easily adapted all the innovations that appeared in a rapidly changing world of art of the late century. Was close to the Impressionists, almost joined their group. This is evidenced landscapes, executed them in 1870 - the beginning. 1880, as well as the backgrounds of many portraits of his brush. After Manet and Whistler has experienced infatuation Velázquez. Then falls under the influence of post-impressionism and neo-classicism in the spirit of Puvis de Chavannes. The first success came to him in the Salon of 1878.

The critical look at the creativity of the artist appreciates him as a virtuoso, but the cold and the surface of the wizard. And in many respects it is a fair opinion. Sargent wrote countless images socialite, whose portraits seem to have been created only in order to model once again convinced of his greatness and wealth.

However, in the best works of the artist as if she revives the natural elegance in the interpretation model, which was lost portrait art after Thomas Lawrence. In these works the painter close images created by the famous American novelist, psychologist and expert on fine feminine soul of Henry James, whom he valued very highly. In many images Sargent through the veneer is read is the sober, somewhat aloof, sometimes with a hint of sarcasm characteristic character, which gives it the master, belonging to the American school of art. This is especially evident in portraits of men: for example, a wild gesture of the hand, coupled with an expression of narcissism in a few blunt portrait of Sir Frank Suettnema (1904, London, Nat. Portrait Gallery) or the sardonic smile in the portrait of Asher Vertheymera (1889, London, Tate Gallery) . Especially deeply understand the nature of the master of people belonging to the intellectual elite of his time. The Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson (1884-1887, Cincinnati, Taft Museum) for a sarcastic smile, writer felt the sharpness of mind and together with the internal mental disorder. The artist deliberately emphasizes leanness does not fit in the chair of the body, highlighting the figure of the sharp corners, forming a broken line contour. Throughout the appearance of stressed thin nervous organization model.

Attractive by Sargent children's pictures. Painting Chinese lanterns (1887, London, Tate) combines a touching immediacy with which the written children playing, and candid decorative composition. By its nature it's close late prerafaelitizmu, which has already formed the features of Art Nouveau. The artist builds a shallow, confined space. It elects a high point of view and fills the background of large, almost implausible white flowers. Here there acquaintance with the experience of carpet William Morris and E. Burne-Jones.

Thank Sargent was enormous, it showered with awards and titles. In 1897 he was elected to the National Academy in New York, at the Royal Academy in London, and became a Knight of the Legion of Honor in Paris.

Carrying out numerous orders, the artist moved from country to country, periodically visiting America, where he dabbled in apprehensions and in monumental painting. He completed the painting in the Public Library and Art Museum in Boston (1890). This was an attempt to break out of the salon portraiture, which, however, was not entirely successful. How truly wonderful beautiful gift had been given on the nature of this wizard, to a greater extent can be measured by water-color sketches from life, which he wrote from the 1900's and the rest of my life.

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Paintings of the artist.

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Paintings of the artist.

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"sexy" Painting - class

Yes, a good artist.
If anyone interested uploaded his photo pictures (700 more).

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Dr. Pozzi House and Madame X - the portraits of the same size, writing at one time, but not paired.
DR. Pozzi was made to order.
Madame X sat at the request of the artist.
Interesting that during the writing of these portraits, the models were secret lovers, but the artist did not know about.

Portrait of Madame X has caused great scandal, which fell strap of her dress has destroyed the reputation of the artist and he was forced to leave Paris forever (though back straps in place).

Dr. Pozzi - a famous gynecologist, Bon Vivant, charismatic, handsome, poet, collector, founder of the progressive school of gynecology, the author of many scientific works, as soon as he succeeded?
The operation of the poor in the city hospital, spent the evening at the opera.
The time of writing the portrait was the lover of Madame X, and Sarah Bernhardt.
Friends and lover stayed with him on friendly terms until his death. At the end of his life he had amputation legs Sarah Bernhardt. Depicted Proust In Search of Lost Time (was friends with his father and brother Marcel was a colleague, Dr. Robert Proust).

He was shot in smotorovoy his hospital at the age of 72 years. (According to rumors, the husband of one of his mistresses.)

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Robert Louis Stevenson (author of Treasure Island)


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El Jaleo

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 Madame X - Madame Gautreau. In 1882 Sargent introduced her to none other than the doctor himself Pozzi. Since then, Sargent sick of it. He asked his friends to talk to her about it as a very talented artist, sought a meeting with her and called her - great beauty. In the summer of 1883 Sargent lives in Madame Gautreau at a summer cottage. During this period, made a large number of sketches, sketches where he tries to find the perfect song for the ceremonial portrait.
Started immediately two portraits of Madame Gautreau one size 208h109sm. One was made, but dried, the second did not have time to Salon 1884. Sargent wrote: "For me, this fatal night and I can not change it. Both the portrait is not finished. And I have not worked for three weeks. The issue is closed, I'm broken!"
At Salon, Sargent was in the hallway to his friends to burial parties, he had tears on his face, and to justify himself, he said that he wrote it for what it is. Behind the door was heard, "What a terrible color," "No tracks", "This is a mockery of all women!"
In 1889, at the cabin was exhibited unfinished portrait of Madame Gautreau. He was received by the public.
Basic 1884 Sargent portrait hung in his studio for a long time did not sell. Just before his death in 1915, Madame Gautreau thanked Sargent for a portrait. A month later, Sargent sold his Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Madame Gautreau dressed in a black evening dress of satin and black velvet with a cuirass. In her hand a black fan, the other hand it is based on a round table of mahogany.
                                                             Richard Ormond

Tom, other forum members, do you think the author of this work may be Sargent?

In a fallen shoulder strap and was all the charm (and on the composition, and around, with this level of art, everything is beautiful to me personally)


Velvet in Russian would be "velvet" (actually it ).....
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