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John Singer Sargent , Carnation ,Lily , Lily , Rose  ( Detail ), 1885

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, 1906, John Singer Sargent

Madame X - John Singer Sargent, 1884

A Capriote

John Singer Sargent

1878

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland by John Singer Sargent, 1904

Study for the Spanish Dance - John Singer Sargent

1879

John Singer Sargent, Mrs Carl Meyer and her Children (detail)

1896

Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa by John Singer Sargent, 1925

Study for “Spanish Dance” (c.1879-1880). John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925). Oil on canvas. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

The figures in this study are quite close as Sargent seems interested in the way the dancers are positioned with each other. To some the painting and this study evoke Sargent’s Capri trip of 1878 when he painted dancer Rosina Ferraro.

John Singer Sargent, Fumée d’Ambregris  1880 

“A Parisian Beggar Girl”, 1880, John Singer Sargent.

Cashmere - John Singer Sargent

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

oil on canvas, c.1885

“His pictures do not dissolve into skeins of color like those of Monet or Renoir because his instinct for defining forms and constructing spaces is too ingrained.”

nicole kidman recreating various portraits by john singer sargent by steven meisel, for vogue magazine (1999) see more

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John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (detail), ca.1885

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John Singer Sargent

A Street in Venice

1880