John Singer Sargent | Questroyal

In American art, there are few figures more prominent than John Singer Sargent. One of the leading Impressionists, Sargent achieved fame and influence on an international scale. Born to American parents in Florence, he studied at the best Academies in Florence and Paris and became a master portrait and landscape painter, known for his rich brushwork, elegant style, and impeccable technique. He spent his life traveling throughout Europe and the United States, associating with important figures such as James McNeill Whistler and Claude Monet, and influencing artists from Boston to London to Madrid. He was commissioned by the leading members of high society and won countless honors and prizes. His work is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the White House, the Tate Gallery and National Gallery in London, the Musee D’Orsay in Paris, and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.