In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive ...

Inspired in large part by two well-known paintings that caused quite a stir at their unveilings, Mark Arts’ current major exhibition focuses on fashion in fine art. “The jumping off point is ...

Many of these so-called 'Dollar Princesses', who swapped money for titles, were painted by John Singer Sargent ... "Heiress will explore a side to Sargent’s portraits not often considered ...

The formal European genre continued in the early 20th century with John Singer Sargent and Philip de Laszlo. Because presidents generally picked which artist would create their official portrait ...

The death of the foremost American painter, John Singer Sargent, is the greatest artistic ... brush has left to posterity and to Harvard portraits of two of, its greatest, presidents--tributes ...

John Singer Sargent, portrait painter – and “stylist”? Sixty paintings reveal how Sargent used “sartorial choices” to “fashion” his high-society sitters’ images. Ambitious ...

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

and portraits. Employing a restricted palette of colors, Zorn captured various qualities of light and form with free brushstrokes similar to those of John Singer Sargent. Born on February 18, 1860 in ...

Alongside 50 paintings by Sargent sit stunning items of clothing and accessories worn by his subjects, drawing the audience into the artist’s studio. Sargent’s sitters were often wealthy ...

AN exhibition is set to mark the centenary of John Singer Sargent's death. From Friday, April 11 to Saturday, July 19, the Broadway Museum and Art Gallery will host a showcase, John Singer Sargent and ...

“The jumping off point is the John Singer Sargent portrait “Madame X” from the 1880s and also Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama in a couture dress,” said Laura Taylor, Mark Arts ...