An engaging introduction to the life and work of John Singer Sargent, the most accomplished portrait painter of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century.

?John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is one of…

John Singer Sargent’s approach to watercolour was unconventional. This book introduces readers to the sweep of Sargent’s accomplishments in the medium, in works that delight the eye as well as…

A revealing, interdisciplinary exploration of the brilliant visual quotations in the work of the celebrated grand-manner portraitist

This compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent’s art through an intimate history of his family, many of whom died in WWI. Sargent expressed his grief on canvas…

Explores the art of John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture. Argues that the artist was elaborating both a period poetics of homosexuality…

Throughout his career - and particularly in the period from 1898 to 1913 - John Singer Sargent painted the spectacular architecture of everyday life in Venice, as he sat alongside…

A Wall Street Journal and Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year Long-listed for the Plutarch Award

A bold new biography of the legendary painter John Singer Sargent, stressing the…