John Singer Sargent, son of American expatriate parents, was born in Florence, Italy. He grew up in Europe, and studied painting in the Paris studio of the noted French portraitist Carolus-Duran and at the École des Beaux-Arts. His first visit to the USA took place in 1876. He traveled much throughout Europe to study the art of different countries and times.
1879. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Read Note.
1879. Oil on canvas. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown, MA, USA. Read Note.
1879. Oil on canvas. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
1879. Oil on canvas. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1880. Oil on canvas. Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, USA.
1881. Oil on canvas. The Armard Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1882. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA. Read Note.
1882. Oil on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1882. Oil on canvas. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, USA.
1883. Oil on canvas. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
1884. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tate Gallery, London, UK.
1884. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Read Note.
1884. Oil on canvas. Sheffields Galleries and Museums Trust, Sheffield, UK.
1885-86. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
1887. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
1887. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1888. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1888. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1888. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA. Read Note.
1888. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
John Singer Sargent by Patricia Hills. Harry N Abrams, 1986.
John Singer Sargent by Carter Ratcliff. Abbeville Press, Inc., 2001.
John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist by Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent. Yale Univ Pr, 2000.
John Singer Sargent: The Life of an Artist (Artist Biographies) by Eshel Kreiter, Marc Zabludoff. Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2002.
John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes by John Singer Sargent, John Esten. Universe Books, 1999.
Sargent Abroad: Figures and Landscapes by Warren Adelson, Donna Seldin Janis, Elaine Kilmurray, Elizabeth Oustinoff, Richard Ormond. Abbeville Press, Inc., 1997.