John Singer Sargent
Tuesday, June 29th, 1999![](https://www.rebeccanemser.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/J.S.S.-Carnation-Lily-Lily-Rose-1895-150x150.jpg)
He was the preeminent portrait painter of his day, and he gave it all up to paint landscapes. His private life is a mystery. His brushwork is still dazzling. JOHN SINGER SARGENT seems to have walked out of the pages of a novel by Henry James, who wrote of him: “Yes, I have always thought of Sargent as a great painter. He would be greater still if he had done one or two little things he hasn’t—but he will do.â€
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