John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Portrait and landscape painter and muralist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 70 portraits
John Singer Sargent, the son of an American doctor, was born in Florence. He studied painting in Italy and France and in 1884 caused a sensation at the Paris Salon with his painting of Madame Gautreau. The scandal persuaded Sargent to move to England and over the next few years he established himself as the country's leading portrait painter. He made several visits to the USA where as well as portraits he worked on a series of decorative paintings for public buildings such as the Boston Public Library (1890) and the Museum of Fine Arts (1916).
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1886
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2205
replica by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1906 (1889)
NPG 2273
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, early 1890s
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5706
by John Singer Sargent
pencil, 1894
NPG 2221
Coventry Kersey Deighton Patmore
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1894
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1079
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1896
On display in the Dining Room at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 4030
Margaret Emma Alice ('Margot') Asquith (née Tennant), Countess of Oxford and Asquith
by John Singer Sargent
chalk, 1897
NPG 4155
by John Singer Sargent
lithograph, 1897
NPG 4414
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1899
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1746
by John Singer Sargent
chalk, 1900
NPG 4178
Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen
replica by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, (1900)
NPG 1907
by John Singer Sargent
black chalk, 1901
NPG 3243
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1902
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
NPG 2901
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1904
On display at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA in the exhibition 'Edwardian Opulence'
NPG 4837
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1905
NPG 5219
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1905
On display in the Billiard Room at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 2930
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1906
NPG 3927
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1908
On display in Room 25 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6620
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1913
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1767
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
by John Singer Sargent
black chalk, 1913
NPG 5525
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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