About John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Belle Époque and Edwardian-era luxury. He made roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and...
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A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
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That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.
Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.
What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
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