John Singer Sargent: 160+ Portraits - Realism, Impressionism

JOHN SINGER SARGENT: PORTRAITS Art Book contains 160+ HD Reproductions of Sargent's portrait masterpieces with data page for all images, museum links and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents and is formatted for all Kindle e-ink, Kindle Fire/HD and Kindle for iOS tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: January 12,1856 in Florence, Italy.
DIED: April 14, 1925 in London, England.

MOVEMENT: American Impressionism and Realism.

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Sargent was an American citizen from birth, but had never been in the United States until just before his 21st birthday in order to retain his citizenship.
§ He studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence, under Emile-Auguste Carolus-Duran and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
§ Unlike his other commissions, Sargent sought out Madame Gautreau for the portrait, Madame X. This painting brought him negative criticism that cost him commissions.
§ He was an extremely gifted artist, having mastered impressionism, classical portraiture, landscapes, watercolor, murals and music.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Madame X, El Jaleo,The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit; Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose; Lady Agnew.