Discover painter, wall painter, draftsperson John Singer Sargent

Qualifications: painter, wall painter, draftsperson, war artist
maakte in 1890 in opdracht wandschilderingen bij de Boston Public Library; werkte na 1907 voornamelijk met waterverf (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)

Nationality/school: American

Born: Florence 1856-01-12

Deceased: London (England) 1925-04-15

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: broer van Emily Singer Sargent

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45 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Biographical information

Education: Accademia di Belle Arti e Liceo Artistico (Florence)
École des Beaux-Arts (Parijs)

Active in

Florence 1873 - 1874
Parijs 1874 - 1884
Verenigde Staten van Amerika 1876
Bretagne (regio) 1877
Napels 1878
inclusief bezoek aan Capri
Spanje 1879
Venetië 1880
Nederland 1880
Haarlem (stad) 1880
Scheveningen 1880
Venetië 1882
Londen (Engeland) 1884 - 1925
vestigde zich in Londen in 1886, twee jaar voordat hij in 1888 lid werd van de New English Art Club (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)
Verenigde Staten van Amerika 1887
vanaf 1887; New York, Boston, Newport (R.I.): verblijf van acht maanden; daarna nog verschillende opdrachten voor wandschilderingen in Boston
Caïro (stad) 1891
reis; bestudeerde en schilderde in zijn studio in Caïro Oud Testamentische onderwerpen ter voorbereiding van de wandschilderingen in Boston(Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)
Israël 1905 - 1906
bezocht Jeruzalem, Nazareth en de Jordaanvallei (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)
Jeruzalem (stad, Israël) 1905 - 1906
ca. 1905-1906 (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)
Nazareth 1905 - 1906
ca. 1905-1906 (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)
Jordaanvallei (gebied) 1905 - 1906
ca. 1905-1906 (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Carolus-Duran, Emile Auguste
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Fabergé, Nikolaus
Hitchens, Ivon
Hook Bean, Caroline van
Follower of: Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Velázquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875)
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Kaplan, Daniel
Brugnoli, Emanuele
Kiesel, Conrad

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: figure study (main subject), genre, history (genre), interior view, landscape (genre), marine (genre), portrait, group portrait, street scene, fishing genre, orientalism
stopte in 1907 met portretten en maakte hoofdzakelijk landschappen, werkte verder nog aan de wandschilderingen in Boston Public Library (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)

Member of

New English Art Club
werd lid in 1888 (Tromans/ Kabbani 2008)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 45 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Fielding/Carr 1965 , p. 316
Baigell 1979 , p. 318
Rubinstein 1982 , p. 556
Falk 1985 , p. 542
Witt Checklist 1995 , p. 449 (as: Sargent, John Singer)
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 12, p. 294-296 (as: Sargent, John Singer)

F. Leeman en H. Pennock [e.a.], Museum Mesdag. Catalogue of paintings and drawings, Amsterdam /Zwolle 1996, p. 399-400
R. Ormond, E. Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits, Volume III, Yale U.P. 2004
catalogue raisonné in voorbereiding door Richard Ormond en Elaine Kimurray (veilingcatalogus Christie's New York, 19 mei 2005, nr. 58,59,63)
R. J. M. Olson, 'John Singer Sargent and James Carroll Beckwith, Two Americans in Paris', Master Drawings 43 (2005), p. 415-439
M.C. Conrads, American paintings to 1945 : the collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, dl. 1, Kansas City 2007, p. 473-487
N. Tromans, R. Kabbani, The lure of the east: British orientalist painting, New Haven 2008, p. 212-213
R. Ormond, 'Making waves', RA Magazine, 107 (Summer 2010), p. 58-61 (over Sargent zeeschilderijen)
H. Viraben, 'A portrait by John Singer Sargent of Arsene Vigeant', F. Gage, 'New documents on Giulio Mancini and Guercino', The Burlington Magazine 156 (2014), p. 665-669
E. Kilmurray, 'Story of an artwork: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885-6', Tate Etc. no. 40, Summer 2017, p. 104-107
M. Simpson, Review 'John Singer Sargent [...] the Complete Paintings vol. IX by R. Ormand and E. Kilmurray', The Burlington Magazine 159 (2017) p. 564-565
H. Viraben, Unpublished letters from John Singer Sargent to Jacques-Emile Blanche', The Burlington Magazine 159 (2017) no.1375, p. 800-806

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_artist (juli 2009)

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Project: Dreaming of Holland

Comment: catalogue raisonné in voorbereiding door Richard Ormond en Elaine Kimurray (zie: veilingcatalogus Christie's New York, 19 mei 2005, nr. 58,59,63)

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