John Sargent: 184 Masterpieces

John Singer Sargent was an American painter, considered the leading portrait artist of his generation for his depicting of Edwardian era luxury. During his livelihood, he created approximately 900 oil paintings, over 2,000 watercolors and incalculable sketches. His works documents international journey, from Europe to the Middle East and United States.

His made to order works were regular with the grand manner of portraiture, while his unofficial studies and landscape paintings displayed a fluency with Impressionism. In his later years Sargent expressed ambivalence about the restrictions of formal portrait work, and devoted much of his energy to mural painting and working en plain air.