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John Singer Sargent(1856-1925) was an American painter. Born in Florence, Italy. In 1874, he studied painting in the Paris studio of carolinus-dillon and was influenced by impressionism. He went to Spain in 1879 to study velazquez. In 1884, salon's exhibition of his masterpiece madame x caused rumors and moved to London. He came to the United States in 1876 and became a naturalized citizen. But long stay in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries, engaged in creative. Many portraits for the upper class, his works gradually high reputation, 'carnation, lily, rose' and so on. He painted portraits of Theodore Roosevelt and John d. Rockefeller. After 1910 keen on watercolor landscape. 1890-1910 frescoes for the Boston public library and the Boston museum of art.
John Singer Sargent(1856-1925)[1] was a famous portrait painter of the late 19th century and early 20th century in the United States. Member of the Royal Academy of fine arts. His father was a famous doctor in Philadelphia. His mother was the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant in Philadelphia. She was a watercolor painter. After marriage, she advised her husband to give up practicing medicine in the United States and travel around Europe with her to live a free life with no fixed place. Sargent was born while living in Florence. He also has two younger sisters Emily and violet.
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