John Singer Sargent

With her fluid brushstrokes, intuitive compositions, and knack for conveying sumptuousness and sensuality even in the midst of abject sadness, Lundy lets us imagine what a turn-of-the-century portraitist such as John Singer Sargent might have uncovered had he trained his eye on society's disenfranchised echelons rather than its privileged.

ArtScene: This Week's Top Exhibitions in the Western U.S. (August 17-21, 2010) 2010

A new exhibit at London's National Gallery, "Americans in Paris 1860-1900" (Feb. 22-May 21), explores the profound effect the city had on the work of American painters such as John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt and James McNeill Whistler.

Paris on My Mind 2007

Try looking at some great artists such as John Singer Sargent, Renoir, Mary Cassatt, to name a few for some great ideas.

The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed 2009

When Terence Davies cast her in his adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel House of Mirth in 2000, he chose her because her looks reminded him of John Singer Sargent's portraits of American society women.

The Saturday interview: Gillian Anderson 2011

Yet the fat-cat National Gallery is sitting there with more Renoirs and John Singer Sargent canvases than you can shake a stick at.

Trading a Monet for a Solid Southpaw Joe Queenan 2011

A room containing John Singer Sargent's masterly "Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife" (1885) and gleaming "Capri Girl on a Rooftop" (1878) offers none of the full-length society portraits the artist excelled at, but rather is dominated by two large-scale portraits of women by the far less talented Alfred Maurer.

An Uneven Span Across Time Judith H. Dobrzynski 2011

Ms. Saville, à la Lucian Freud and John Singer Sargent—and flying the flag of feminism—has made a flourishing career out of painting illustrative, exaggerated and fleshy, obese female nudes.

Exploring Spaces And Life's Continuity Lance Esplund 2011

Long forgotten, he was rediscovered in the 19th century and embraced by such master manipulators of paint as Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet and John Singer Sargent.

Picture-Perfect Rogues' Gallery Karen Wilkin 2011

Michael Yeargan's ultranaturalistic living-room set is convincing in every detail but one: I can't imagine that the coach would have hung a print as artful-looking as John Singer Sargent's 1903 portrait of Theodore Roosevelt over his fireplace.

Men Dating Themselves Terry Teachout 2011

His final achievement was to lay out the grounds of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina, but before it was finished he began to show the signs of senility; a poignant John Singer Sargent portrait of 1895 shows him looking frail and confused.

Meaning In a Meadow Michael J. Lewis 2011