John Singer Sargent's most iconic portrait Madame X was the scandal of the 1884 Paris Salon. Here's the story behind the ...

It’s a beautifully written book about the connections between the painter John Singer ... Sargent’s own trials are not ...

One of the great painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, John Singer Sargent made his fortune and reputation as a portrait painter of beautiful women and influential men. Presidents ...

Every portrait by John Singer Sargent is a character study ... Similarly relaxed is Young Man in Reverie, the subject of ...

John Singer Sargent in his Paris studio ... of course, meant "man"). "It's an amazing portrait for a woman in 1885 to be that forthright and direct and determined-looking," says Hirshler.

Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends is on at the National Portrait Gallery, London from Thursday 12 February until Monday 25 May 2015 ...