John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is considered worldwide to be one of the finest, most inspired American (expatriate) painters. He was a master of the bravura brushstroke in oil and an exquisitely talented draftsman whose drawings, watercolors and oils were completed with simplicity and competent splendor. The portraiture of Whistler and Sargent were in great demand by members of high society worldwide during the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, and together with Boldini, the threesome formed a triumvirate that was internationally influential and respected. Among Sargent’s most famous devotees were Sorolla y Bastida, Anders Zorn, John Lavery, Irving Wiles and Albert Besnard. His influence was extremely widespread.

Sargent was born in Florence, Italy in 1856 of American parents. His address was Paris until 1886 and then London and Boston. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence (1871-1872); the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris; privately with Leon Bonnat and with Carolus-Duran in Paris (until 1879). He was an Associate (1891) and Academician (1897) of the National Academy of Design; a member of the Mural Painters; Portrait Painters; Copley Society (Boston); Society of American Artists; Paris Society of American Painters; Royal Academy, London (Assoc. 1894; R.A. 1897) and the Society Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He won his first award at the Paris Salon (1878) and continued to win gold medals and honors throughout his life. 

Sargent is represented in permanent museum collections throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art; National Gallery of art; Museum of F.A. Boston; Terra Museum of American Art; Whitney Museum; Isabella Stewart Gardner museum; Boston Public Library (murals); Art Institute of Chicago; Brooklyn Museum; Luxembourg Museum, Paris; Tate Gallery, London; Harvard University (murals); Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy; Clark Art Institute; PAFA; and hundreds more. 

Sargent is one of the most sought-after painters in the world today and most collectors consider owning an example of his work a privilege and an honor.