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  1. In the winter of 1879, a 23-year-old John Singer Sargent stood in the Prado, copying Las Meninas (below). The master’s canvas was nearly ten feet tall and had been hanging in that room for over two hundred years, dimmed by varnish and lampblack. Sargent struggled to understand how an artist who was deceased since 1660 could bring painted figures to life. […] His teacher Carolus-Duran had built an entire pedagogy around a single command: ”Velázquez, Velázquez, Velázquez, ceaselessly study Velázquez.” Duran drilled it into every student who walked through the atelier door. Forget about Raphael or Rubens. Instead put your eyes on Velázquez.

    What Sargent learned from Velázquez? | James Gurney

    Gurney mentions two of my favorite artists in the whole world: John Singer Sargent and Diego Velázquez.

    #Art #Arte #DiegoVelázquez #Hipervínculo #Hyperlien #Hyperlink #JohnSingerSargent #Painting #Peinture #Pintura
  2. In the winter of 1879, a 23-year-old John Singer Sargent stood in the Prado, copying Las Meninas (below). The master’s canvas was nearly ten feet tall and had been hanging in that room for over two hundred years, dimmed by varnish and lampblack. Sargent struggled to understand how an artist who was deceased since 1660 could bring painted figures to life. […] His teacher Carolus-Duran had built an entire pedagogy around a single command: ”Velázquez, Velázquez, Velázquez, ceaselessly study Velázquez.” Duran drilled it into every student who walked through the atelier door. Forget about Raphael or Rubens. Instead put your eyes on Velázquez.

    What Sargent learned from Velázquez? | James Gurney

    Gurney mentions two of my favorite artists in the whole world: John Singer Sargent and Diego Velázquez.

    #Art #Arte #DiegoVelázquez #Hipervínculo #Hyperlien #Hyperlink #JohnSingerSargent #Painting #Peinture #Pintura
  3. In the winter of 1879, a 23-year-old John Singer Sargent stood in the Prado, copying Las Meninas (below). The master’s canvas was nearly ten feet tall and had been hanging in that room for over two hundred years, dimmed by varnish and lampblack. Sargent struggled to understand how an artist who was deceased since 1660 could bring painted figures to life. […] His teacher Carolus-Duran had built an entire pedagogy around a single command: ”Velázquez, Velázquez, Velázquez, ceaselessly study Velázquez.” Duran drilled it into every student who walked through the atelier door. Forget about Raphael or Rubens. Instead put your eyes on Velázquez.

    What Sargent learned from Velázquez? | James Gurney

    Gurney mentions two of my favorite artists in the whole world: John Singer Sargent and Diego Velázquez.

    #Art #Arte #DiegoVelázquez #Hipervínculo #Hyperlien #Hyperlink #JohnSingerSargent #Painting #Peinture #Pintura
  4. In the winter of 1879, a 23-year-old John Singer Sargent stood in the Prado, copying Las Meninas (below). The master’s canvas was nearly ten feet tall and had been hanging in that room for over two hundred years, dimmed by varnish and lampblack. Sargent struggled to understand how an artist who was deceased since 1660 could bring painted figures to life. […] His teacher Carolus-Duran had built an entire pedagogy around a single command: ”Velázquez, Velázquez, Velázquez, ceaselessly study Velázquez.” Duran drilled it into every student who walked through the atelier door. Forget about Raphael or Rubens. Instead put your eyes on Velázquez.

    What Sargent learned from Velázquez? | James Gurney

    Gurney mentions two of my favorite artists in the whole world: John Singer Sargent and Diego Velázquez.

    #Art #Arte #DiegoVelázquez #Hipervínculo #Hyperlien #Hyperlink #JohnSingerSargent #Painting #Peinture #Pintura
  5. Madame X: Amélie Gatreau und der Skandal um ihr Porträt

    John Singer Sargents "Madame X", heute der Gipfel des eleganten Porträts, war damals ein Skandal. Warum? Das wird hier beleuchtet.

    little-arthistories.com/2026/0

  6. Madame X: Amélie Gatreau und der Skandal um ihr Porträt

    John Singer Sargents "Madame X", heute der Gipfel des eleganten Porträts, war damals ein Skandal. Warum? Das wird hier beleuchtet.

    little-arthistories.com/2026/0

  7. Madame X: Amélie Gatreau und der Skandal um ihr Porträt

    John Singer Sargents "Madame X", heute der Gipfel des eleganten Porträts, war damals ein Skandal. Warum? Das wird hier beleuchtet.

    little-arthistories.com/2026/0

  8. Madame X: Amélie Gatreau und der Skandal um ihr Porträt

    John Singer Sargents "Madame X", heute der Gipfel des eleganten Porträts, war damals ein Skandal. Warum? Das wird hier beleuchtet.

    little-arthistories.com/2026/0

  9. Madame X: Amélie Gatreau und der Skandal um ihr Porträt

    John Singer Sargents "Madame X", heute der Gipfel des eleganten Porträts, war damals ein Skandal. Warum? Das wird hier beleuchtet.

    little-arthistories.com/2026/0

  10. "William Butler Yeats," John Singer Sargent, 1907.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    In the early 1900s, Sargent was at the height of his fame, but also starting to slow down a bit. He'd gone hither and yon doing portraits of anybody who was anybody, and had weathered the "Madame X" scandal, and had continued to work at a prolific pace. But soon after this portrait (a commission, to be the frontispiece to a collection of Yeats' poetry), he officially closed his London studio and slowed down significantly....but still painted, almost up until his passing in 1925.

    Yeats (1865-1913) was an Irish poet, playwright, and critic who was one of the great figures of 20th century literature. He co-founded Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was the driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, was an Irish Nationalist, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Although he was in his 40s when this was drawn, he looks quite young. Yeats was known to be fussy about his appearance, and to cultivate a Boho image; perhaps Sargent was being flattering. But spare charcoal-on-paper style works wonderfully.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From a private collection.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #WilliamButlerYeats #PortraitMonday

  11. "William Butler Yeats," John Singer Sargent, 1907.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    In the early 1900s, Sargent was at the height of his fame, but also starting to slow down a bit. He'd gone hither and yon doing portraits of anybody who was anybody, and had weathered the "Madame X" scandal, and had continued to work at a prolific pace. But soon after this portrait (a commission, to be the frontispiece to a collection of Yeats' poetry), he officially closed his London studio and slowed down significantly....but still painted, almost up until his passing in 1925.

    Yeats (1865-1913) was an Irish poet, playwright, and critic who was one of the great figures of 20th century literature. He co-founded Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was the driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, was an Irish Nationalist, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Although he was in his 40s when this was drawn, he looks quite young. Yeats was known to be fussy about his appearance, and to cultivate a Boho image; perhaps Sargent was being flattering. But spare charcoal-on-paper style works wonderfully.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From a private collection.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #WilliamButlerYeats #PortraitMonday

  12. "William Butler Yeats," John Singer Sargent, 1907.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    In the early 1900s, Sargent was at the height of his fame, but also starting to slow down a bit. He'd gone hither and yon doing portraits of anybody who was anybody, and had weathered the "Madame X" scandal, and had continued to work at a prolific pace. But soon after this portrait (a commission, to be the frontispiece to a collection of Yeats' poetry), he officially closed his London studio and slowed down significantly....but still painted, almost up until his passing in 1925.

    Yeats (1865-1913) was an Irish poet, playwright, and critic who was one of the great figures of 20th century literature. He co-founded Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was the driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, was an Irish Nationalist, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Although he was in his 40s when this was drawn, he looks quite young. Yeats was known to be fussy about his appearance, and to cultivate a Boho image; perhaps Sargent was being flattering. But spare charcoal-on-paper style works wonderfully.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From a private collection.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #WilliamButlerYeats #PortraitMonday

  13. "William Butler Yeats," John Singer Sargent, 1907.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    In the early 1900s, Sargent was at the height of his fame, but also starting to slow down a bit. He'd gone hither and yon doing portraits of anybody who was anybody, and had weathered the "Madame X" scandal, and had continued to work at a prolific pace. But soon after this portrait (a commission, to be the frontispiece to a collection of Yeats' poetry), he officially closed his London studio and slowed down significantly....but still painted, almost up until his passing in 1925.

    Yeats (1865-1913) was an Irish poet, playwright, and critic who was one of the great figures of 20th century literature. He co-founded Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was the driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, was an Irish Nationalist, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Although he was in his 40s when this was drawn, he looks quite young. Yeats was known to be fussy about his appearance, and to cultivate a Boho image; perhaps Sargent was being flattering. But spare charcoal-on-paper style works wonderfully.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From a private collection.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #WilliamButlerYeats #PortraitMonday

  14. "William Butler Yeats," John Singer Sargent, 1907.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    In the early 1900s, Sargent was at the height of his fame, but also starting to slow down a bit. He'd gone hither and yon doing portraits of anybody who was anybody, and had weathered the "Madame X" scandal, and had continued to work at a prolific pace. But soon after this portrait (a commission, to be the frontispiece to a collection of Yeats' poetry), he officially closed his London studio and slowed down significantly....but still painted, almost up until his passing in 1925.

    Yeats (1865-1913) was an Irish poet, playwright, and critic who was one of the great figures of 20th century literature. He co-founded Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was the driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, was an Irish Nationalist, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Although he was in his 40s when this was drawn, he looks quite young. Yeats was known to be fussy about his appearance, and to cultivate a Boho image; perhaps Sargent was being flattering. But spare charcoal-on-paper style works wonderfully.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From a private collection.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #WilliamButlerYeats #PortraitMonday

  15. "Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola," John Singer Sargent, 1880.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    This is from fairly early in his career, during one of his first visits to Italy, where he did a number of Venetian street scenes that were basically OK genre work. However, here he did something a bit different, possibly egged on by his subject.

    Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854-1937) was a Chilean diplomat and politician, and an artist himself who befriended Sargent and commissioned him to do a portrait of his wife. Sargent is having fun here; while this is a good example of American Impressionism, it's also nicely meta. He paints Subercaseaux bent over his sketchbook while riding in a gondola down one of Venice's canals. However, a closer look lets us see his eyes peering up at us, and not at the scenery. He's sketching the artist painting him, and by extension us, the audience. Here we have the observed also being an observer, an interesting twist.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #impressionism #RamonSubercaseaux #Portrait Monday

  16. "Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola," John Singer Sargent, 1880.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    This is from fairly early in his career, during one of his first visits to Italy, where he did a number of Venetian street scenes that were basically OK genre work. However, here he did something a bit different, possibly egged on by his subject.

    Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854-1937) was a Chilean diplomat and politician, and an artist himself who befriended Sargent and commissioned him to do a portrait of his wife. Sargent is having fun here; while this is a good example of American Impressionism, it's also nicely meta. He paints Subercaseaux bent over his sketchbook while riding in a gondola down one of Venice's canals. However, a closer look lets us see his eyes peering up at us, and not at the scenery. He's sketching the artist painting him, and by extension us, the audience. Here we have the observed also being an observer, an interesting twist.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #impressionism #RamonSubercaseaux #Portrait Monday

  17. "Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola," John Singer Sargent, 1880.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    This is from fairly early in his career, during one of his first visits to Italy, where he did a number of Venetian street scenes that were basically OK genre work. However, here he did something a bit different, possibly egged on by his subject.

    Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854-1937) was a Chilean diplomat and politician, and an artist himself who befriended Sargent and commissioned him to do a portrait of his wife. Sargent is having fun here; while this is a good example of American Impressionism, it's also nicely meta. He paints Subercaseaux bent over his sketchbook while riding in a gondola down one of Venice's canals. However, a closer look lets us see his eyes peering up at us, and not at the scenery. He's sketching the artist painting him, and by extension us, the audience. Here we have the observed also being an observer, an interesting twist.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #impressionism #RamonSubercaseaux #Portrait Monday

  18. "Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola," John Singer Sargent, 1880.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    This is from fairly early in his career, during one of his first visits to Italy, where he did a number of Venetian street scenes that were basically OK genre work. However, here he did something a bit different, possibly egged on by his subject.

    Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854-1937) was a Chilean diplomat and politician, and an artist himself who befriended Sargent and commissioned him to do a portrait of his wife. Sargent is having fun here; while this is a good example of American Impressionism, it's also nicely meta. He paints Subercaseaux bent over his sketchbook while riding in a gondola down one of Venice's canals. However, a closer look lets us see his eyes peering up at us, and not at the scenery. He's sketching the artist painting him, and by extension us, the audience. Here we have the observed also being an observer, an interesting twist.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #impressionism #RamonSubercaseaux #Portrait Monday

  19. "Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola," John Singer Sargent, 1880.

    Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.

    This is from fairly early in his career, during one of his first visits to Italy, where he did a number of Venetian street scenes that were basically OK genre work. However, here he did something a bit different, possibly egged on by his subject.

    Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854-1937) was a Chilean diplomat and politician, and an artist himself who befriended Sargent and commissioned him to do a portrait of his wife. Sargent is having fun here; while this is a good example of American Impressionism, it's also nicely meta. He paints Subercaseaux bent over his sketchbook while riding in a gondola down one of Venice's canals. However, a closer look lets us see his eyes peering up at us, and not at the scenery. He's sketching the artist painting him, and by extension us, the audience. Here we have the observed also being an observer, an interesting twist.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #impressionism #RamonSubercaseaux #Portrait Monday

  20. "Madame X," John Singer Sargent, 1884.

    Y'all know Sargent by now.

    It's funny that this picture, now sometimes called "the American Mona Lisa," almost ended Sargent's career. He pursued Paris socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wanting to paint her, and it took almost a year to complete. Originally it featured a shoulder strap sliding off her shoulder, which, when combined with the lack of jewelry and gloves, and the gown's plunging neckline, was seen as too sexual and salacious; some thought it hinted at an affair between artist and subject. Not likely, Sargent was a very active gay man.

    The New Orleans-born Gautreau was one of the great beauties of Parisian society, and was pursued by several portraitists. Although it's often said her reputation was ruined by this painting; it really wasn't as most of the backlash was directed at Sargent. She did become more choosy about which functions she would attend, and she had several more portraits done, one almost identical to this but was greeted only with praise.

    Now it's regarded as one of the great classic works of American art!

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #AmericanArt #MadameX #PortraitMonday #Scandalous #WomenInArt

  21. "Madame X," John Singer Sargent, 1884.

    Y'all know Sargent by now.

    It's funny that this picture, now sometimes called "the American Mona Lisa," almost ended Sargent's career. He pursued Paris socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wanting to paint her, and it took almost a year to complete. Originally it featured a shoulder strap sliding off her shoulder, which, when combined with the lack of jewelry and gloves, and the gown's plunging neckline, was seen as too sexual and salacious; some thought it hinted at an affair between artist and subject. Not likely, Sargent was a very active gay man.

    The New Orleans-born Gautreau was one of the great beauties of Parisian society, and was pursued by several portraitists. Although it's often said her reputation was ruined by this painting; it really wasn't as most of the backlash was directed at Sargent. She did become more choosy about which functions she would attend, and she had several more portraits done, one almost identical to this but was greeted only with praise.

    Now it's regarded as one of the great classic works of American art!

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #AmericanArt #MadameX #PortraitMonday #Scandalous #WomenInArt

  22. "Madame X," John Singer Sargent, 1884.

    Y'all know Sargent by now.

    It's funny that this picture, now sometimes called "the American Mona Lisa," almost ended Sargent's career. He pursued Paris socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wanting to paint her, and it took almost a year to complete. Originally it featured a shoulder strap sliding off her shoulder, which, when combined with the lack of jewelry and gloves, and the gown's plunging neckline, was seen as too sexual and salacious; some thought it hinted at an affair between artist and subject. Not likely, Sargent was a very active gay man.

    The New Orleans-born Gautreau was one of the great beauties of Parisian society, and was pursued by several portraitists. Although it's often said her reputation was ruined by this painting; it really wasn't as most of the backlash was directed at Sargent. She did become more choosy about which functions she would attend, and she had several more portraits done, one almost identical to this but was greeted only with praise.

    Now it's regarded as one of the great classic works of American art!

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #AmericanArt #MadameX #PortraitMonday #Scandalous #WomenInArt

  23. "Madame X," John Singer Sargent, 1884.

    Y'all know Sargent by now.

    It's funny that this picture, now sometimes called "the American Mona Lisa," almost ended Sargent's career. He pursued Paris socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wanting to paint her, and it took almost a year to complete. Originally it featured a shoulder strap sliding off her shoulder, which, when combined with the lack of jewelry and gloves, and the gown's plunging neckline, was seen as too sexual and salacious; some thought it hinted at an affair between artist and subject. Not likely, Sargent was a very active gay man.

    The New Orleans-born Gautreau was one of the great beauties of Parisian society, and was pursued by several portraitists. Although it's often said her reputation was ruined by this painting; it really wasn't as most of the backlash was directed at Sargent. She did become more choosy about which functions she would attend, and she had several more portraits done, one almost identical to this but was greeted only with praise.

    Now it's regarded as one of the great classic works of American art!

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #AmericanArt #MadameX #PortraitMonday #Scandalous #WomenInArt

  24. "Madame X," John Singer Sargent, 1884.

    Y'all know Sargent by now.

    It's funny that this picture, now sometimes called "the American Mona Lisa," almost ended Sargent's career. He pursued Paris socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wanting to paint her, and it took almost a year to complete. Originally it featured a shoulder strap sliding off her shoulder, which, when combined with the lack of jewelry and gloves, and the gown's plunging neckline, was seen as too sexual and salacious; some thought it hinted at an affair between artist and subject. Not likely, Sargent was a very active gay man.

    The New Orleans-born Gautreau was one of the great beauties of Parisian society, and was pursued by several portraitists. Although it's often said her reputation was ruined by this painting; it really wasn't as most of the backlash was directed at Sargent. She did become more choosy about which functions she would attend, and she had several more portraits done, one almost identical to this but was greeted only with praise.

    Now it's regarded as one of the great classic works of American art!

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    #Art #JohnSingerSargent #AmericanArt #MadameX #PortraitMonday #Scandalous #WomenInArt

  25. John Singer Sargent Paintings Expected to Bring In $12-15 Million

    Three paintings by John Singer Sargent—an American artist who spent most of his life in Europe—will be included…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Christie's #Design #Entertainment #JohnSingerSargent
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  26. John Singer Sargent Paintings Expected to Bring In $12-15 Million

    Three paintings by John Singer Sargent—an American artist who spent most of his life in Europe—will be included…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Christie's #Design #Entertainment #JohnSingerSargent
    newsbeep.com/us/177511/

  27. Zakochaj się w Paryżu po zmroku! ✨🥂 11 lipca Met zaprasza na wyjątkowy wieczór "Sargent and Paris" – romantyczną podróż przez sztukę i muzykę Johna Singera Sargenta. Czekają Was koncerty, oprowadzania, kreatywne aktywności i promocje na drinki! 🍷 #JohnSingerSargent #SztukaIRomantyzm
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