“Sargent showed this portrait soon after his Madame X statement. And it’s proof that he was not going away,” Herdrich says. “The last gallery in the exhibit is for his work post–Madame ...

LONDON, June 21 -- It is whispered that Wertheimer's check to John Sargent for recent portraits of certain members of his family amounted to $50,000, in addition to which the artist's fame has ...

For years, the Sargent portraits of the Wertheimer family have ranked easily as the most masterly modern examples in ” their ‘field, dazzling works which all-inspiring visitors to London ...

Every portrait by John Singer Sargent is a character study, conveyed in energetic and sensuous brushstrokes and incorporating the artist’s masterful use of color, light, and shadow. But as an ...

Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends is on at the National Portrait Gallery, London from Thursday 12 February until Monday 25 May 2015 ...

explores John Singer Sargent’s early career, before and after that infamous portrait of Madame X in 1884. Sargent was just 18 when he arrived in Paris, but he had ambition, a keen social sense ...