**A lush new volume devoted to the best works by beloved American
Impressionist and portraitist John Singer Sargent, whose dazzling use of
light and color depicts modern subjects with arresting intimacy.
**
An ideal introduction to the painter's work, Sargent: The Masterworks
features 100 of his most beloved paintings. Illustrating all aspects of
his diverse oeuvre--portraits, landscapes, mural commissions--in oil and
watercolor, this handsome new book includes works from both private and
public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art's infamous
Madame X.
Author Stephanie L. Herdrich draws on a wealth of new research to
provide both an essential overview and a more nuanced understanding of
the great American painter. Richly illustrated, the book's three
chapters cover the artist's career from his childhood and early years in
Paris, to his mid-career portraits made in England and United States,
and his later years painting out of doors. An illustrated chronology
contains fascinating details and archival imagery about the artist's
life. Sargent's cosmopolitan upbringing and education made him perfectly
suited to capture the upwardly mobile bourgeoisie and aristocrats of his
era, creating sensual portraits that depict his sitters with startling
vibrancy. Though he achieved tremendous success in portraiture, Sargent
focused on painting outdoors after 1900, achieving the most brilliant
and personal images of his career. One of the greatest portraitists and
watercolorists of his time, Sargent remains one of the most well-known
and well-loved of all American artists.
