One of my favorite artists of all time. klg19: Happy birthday to artist John Singer Sargent (12 January 1856–14 April 1925), portraitist extraordinaire.  Above, in his studio with the famed “Portrait of Madame X” (1884): Coventry Patmore said of him, “He seems to me to be the greatest, not only of living English portrait painters, but of all English portrait painters; and to be thus invited to sit to him for my picture is among the most signal honours I have ever received.” I’ve never seen a Sargent painting that didn’t stop me in my tracks.  Below, “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose” (1886):

One of my favorite artists of all time.

klg19:

Happy birthday to artist John Singer Sargent (12 January 1856–14 April 1925), portraitist extraordinaire.  Above, in his studio with the famed “Portrait of Madame X” (1884):

Portrait of Madame X

Coventry Patmore said of him, “He seems to me to be the greatest, not only of living English portrait painters, but of all English portrait painters; and to be thus invited to sit to him for my picture is among the most signal honours I have ever received.”

I’ve never seen a Sargent painting that didn’t stop me in my tracks.  Below, “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose” (1886):

Carnation Lily Rose