John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist famous as the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He authored roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida. “Sargent” by T. Martin Wood is an essay about the great painter from a contemporary that knew him.
