biografia di John Singer SARGENT (1856-1925)

Personal data


Birth : 01/12/1856 - Florence FI Tuscany, Italy
Death : 04/15/1925 - London, United Kingdom
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Education

Pupil of / student of Emile Auguste CAROLUS-DURAN [ 1837-1917 ]
Has frequented the studio of James Abbot McNeill WHISTLER [ 1834-1903 ]

Professional data


Work and Life

1887 – 1889:Lived and worked in Boston MA, USA
1876:Traveled to the USA
Influenced by Velasquez and Manet
Friend of MONET Claude
Went to Spain, France, Italy
Met HASSAM Childe F.
Met METCALF Willard Leroy
Met TWACHTMAN John Henry


Honorary degree

1900

1900 : Légion d’honneur , Officier – Paris, France

1889

1889 : Légion d’honneur , Chevalier – Paris, France


Affiliated to an association

Royal Scottish Academy – The Mound – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Société des Artistes Français – Grand Palais Porte H Avenue Winston Churchill – Paris, France
Royal Institute of Oil Painters – London, United Kingdom
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours – London, United Kingdom
Institut de France – 23, quai Conti – Paris, France
1890 : Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts – 11 rue Berryer – Paris, France

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mural painting - Oil/canvas
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Watercolour

Subject

composition
men
interior
marine
landscape
portrait
religion
genre scene

Movements and styles

American Impressionism
Victorian Painters
Impressionism

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2002

The painter as a sculptor
Yale University Art Gallery – New Haven CT, United States
04/2002

1963

John Singer Sargent
Centre Culturel Americain – Paris, France
1963

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2000

International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : Omni Fine Art – 730 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States

1999

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Lisa Kurts Gallery – 766 South White Station Road – Memphis TN, United States

1884

Salon des Artistes Français
Paris, France
1884


Group exhibitions

2003

A Private Passion: 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Lyon, France
03/14/2003 – 05/26/2003

2002

L’impressionnisme américain (1880-1915)
Fondation de l’Hermitage – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
06/07/2002 – 10/20/2002

1982

Impressionnistes américains
Musée du Petit Palais – Paris, France
1982

1976

The Natural Paradise – Painting in America 1800-1950
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1976

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