“Throughout his career, the celebrated American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) created exceptional portraits of artists, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians, many of whom were his close friends.”
“Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends brings together about ninety of the artist’s paintings and drawings of members of his impressive artistic circle. The individuals seen through Sargent’s eyes represent a range of leading figures in the creative arts of the time such as artists Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin, writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James, and the actor Ellen Terry, among others.”
Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends
Until October 4, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
(Image: “Madame X, 1884”)
***