Master studies

Détail de « Léon Delafosse », par John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8). (Detail of “Léon Delafosse”, by John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8).)

In the fall 2006 issue of Drawing, we explored how the best lessons in value, light, and form are clearly visible in John Singer Sargent's drawings. We present a excerpt from the article that discusses

John Singer Sargent, 1897

This exhibition will recognize the sheer scale of Sargent’s achievement as a portrait draftsman.

A stunning new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford shines new light on the Renaissance Master’s language of drawing​

Master Portrait Studies

~ HISTORIA DE LA PINTURA ~ on Instagram: "• “Lady Agnew of Lochnaw”. • John Singer Sargent 🇺🇸, oil on canvas, 1892. . . . 💬 John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice…

Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 December 23, 1944) was an American graphic artist, best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century. His wife, Irene Langhorne, and her four beautiful sis