"A Portrait Of The Artist" is a doubly meaningful phrase when the artist in question was himself a master of the portrait ... as Martha Teichner now shows us: Her name was Virginie Gautreau, but ...

The doctor's pose (Portrait of Dr Pozzi, 1881, pictured left) is almost one of 17 th-century formality, even theatricality but the costume – is he about to go out or preparing for bed? – adds an ...

Throughout his career, the celebrated American painter John Singer Sargent created portraits of artists, writers, actors, and musicians, many of whom were his close friends. Because these works were ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present a once-in-a-lifetime assemblage of 50 charcoal drawings by American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent. One of the most celebrated and ...

“Sargent and Paris” at the Met shows how a young John Singer Sargent found his footing — and highlights a trans-Atlantic succès de scandale. By Karen Rosenberg The preternaturally astute portrait ...

Stuart Macbeth unsuccessfully tries to dodge the crowds to soak up the intimate charm of one-time Cotswold artist, and celeb artist of the age, John Singer Sargent Sargent’s 1881 portrait of Dr Samuel ...