Biography
Artist John Singer Sarjent created more than 3 thousand works and was considered the greatest portrait of the early 1900s. Its paintings, distinguished by the technical ease and the impressionism, are now stored in private collections and the largest museums of European cities.Childhood and youth
John Singer Sarjent was born on January 12, 1856 in the family of the colonial commander and a lawyer who worked for some time in Philadelphia, and then moved to the European continent. His wife, a young American, suffered from nervous disorders, so I had to ride the resorts as soon as a good moment fell out.
Over time, the spouses became expatriates that constantly changed the place of residence, and did not cease to travel after the appearance of six children. Because of this, the future artist could not get academic education and studied classic subjects under the supervision of hired teachers.
At a young age, Sarjent was an active, curious and restless child, who loved to observe the living nature and to know the outside world. Having matured, he began to be interested in the art with the filing of a mother, a former good artist, so the family often went on excursions in museums and castles in an ampir style.
The boy quickly learned to copy landscapes from illustrated editions and experienced a special craving for the sky, sea and ships. Therefore, he was given under custody to the Watercolor Watercolor Master, and the first independent drawings appeared by 13 years.
Despite the lack of diplomas, John was considered an intelligent young man who broke in painting and literature and knew several languages. Italians Titian, Michelangelo and Tintoretto, as well as some of the Flemish and Dutch masters became his idols.
In 1874, Sarjent fell under the influence of the French artist Carloos Dujna, who represented an academic school and became famous as a portraitist. And then he took the lessons of painting at Leon Bonn, who lived in Paris and successfully showed that the right paints were capable and solid brush.
Personal life
About the personal life of John Singer Sargen walked a lot of rumors, because he communicated with the ladies from the highest society, but never was engaged or married. Because of interest in the male nude nature, rumors were spreading about non-traditional orientation, and the love of chess and unrestrained character gave rise to the opinion that the artist is sociopath.Painting
At the beginning of an independent creative biography, John wrote a portrait of one of the mentors, who was presented at the exhibition and had a loud success. Soon the artist began to receive orders that brought prosperity and popularity, and created such outstanding paintings as Elsi Palmer and Beatris Townsend.
The best work of the early period emphasized the individuality of the simulators, whose images fited into the original composition created by the striking effect. The only work, openly criticized, was the image of Virginia Gotro, and he had to redo it, after a long year.
The reviews were reflected in the reputation of Sargen, and he wanted to quit painting, but it was prevented by moving to London and the sale of the canvas in the New York Museum. Portraits, created shortly after the scandal, entered the photo album of the Royal Academy, and they admired the author of Bostonians - English writer Henry James.
Starting from the mid-1880s, the artist worked a lot in the air, and Impressionistic landscapes and the only self-portrait appeared in his work. Paul Ello and other painters who miserable to color impressions considered John's work and scolded for a banal plot.
In 1887, Sarjent decided to visit America, where he organized the exhibition of his paintings, as a professional master-professional. Returning to London, he marked the beginning of a picturesque business, and was the period when the idea of opening an art shop was arose.
John supported warm relationships with customers who paid considerable money for ensuring that the talented master imprinted their family members. Therefore, more than a thousand images of young women and children appeared in the work of American portraitist to the end of life.
Death
On April 14, 1925, the cause of the death of the famous portraitist was an undiagnosed heart disease, which caused a sudden heart attack. The sad news struck the cultural society of America and Europe, and museums that had been the work of Sargen, organized exhibitions, without comprehensive costs.Subsequently, the pictures presented on the expositions were sold at auctions, and the most expensive became "Siesta, or a company with an umbrella". In the mid-2010, ballet was put on the life of the artist, where the main parties were performed by the dancers Natalya Osipov and Edward Watson.
Paintings
- 1882 - Albert de Belroshe
- 1884 - "Miss Dorothy Vickers"
- 1884 - "Portrait of Madame X"
- 1885 - "Girl with Sickle"
- 1887 - "Claude Monet"
- 1892-1893 - "Lady Egnium from Lokhno"
- 1903 - "President Theodore Roosevelt"
- 1905 - "Company with an umbrella"
- 1909 - "Lady Estor"
- 1910 - "Ladies in the Garden"
- 1913 - "Henry James"