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

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 ...

Cheryl Doering was in one of the first classes to graduate from UC Santa Cruz in 1970. Over 5 decades later, Doering honors ...

Mr. Roosevelt eventually commissioned John Singer Sargent to paint his official portrait. President Lyndon B. Johnson turned down the official commissioned portrait of himself by Peter Hurd, ...

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where art historian Elizabeth Block works, there’s always a crowd near John Singer Sargent’s Madame ... who were talking with a portrait painter while ...

He added that he “did not try to depict the official Roosevelt, but rather the private man ... “He later opted for another portrait by John Sargent Singer.” Over half a century later ...

24.2 x 17.8 cm. (9.5 x 7 in.) ...

In Amy Sherald's unique visual language, muted yet commanding Black subjects are set against bold color fields. These ...