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John Singer Sargent's work in watercolor was unorthodox. He overturned traditional contemporary compositional standards and avoided the obviously picturesque, developing an audacious and sophisticated technique, an expression of his personal modern aesthetic. He ignored the celebrated panoramas of (...)

John Singer Sargent es considerado el mejor retratista de su época debido a su elegancia, su habilidad técnica para dibujar con el pincel y su talento para captar los detalles distintivos de sus modelos.De padres estadounidenses, Sargent nació en Florencia donde comenzó sus estudios artísticos. Más (...)

Sargent and Fashion explores the dynamic relationship of painting and dress - from portraits and performance, gender expression and the New Woman, to the pull of tradition and the excitement of new ideas."The coat is the picture," John Singer Sargent exclaimed to his fellow artist Graham Robertson (...)