John Singer Sargent one the Broadway Group of Artists

JOHN SINGER SARGENT

1856-1925

John Singer Sargent was the most celebrated portrait painter of the Edwardian age. Born in Florence, his childhood was spent travelling from one European city or resort to another. He studied art in Paris and developed a realistic, traditional style, but he was also touched by the spirit of impressionism. His natural fluency and the brilliant accuracy of his portraits brought him outstanding success in America and England.

When he became disillusioned with the demands of portraiture, Sargent concentrated on his mural and ceiling decorations for public buildings in Boston. He also travelled extensively, painting a vast number of landscape and figure subjects in oil and watercolour.

An essentially shy and private man, he was charming and accomplished and, although he never married, was devoted to his family and circle of friends.

• Read about John Sargents time in Broadway village in the Cotswolds where he painted one of his most famous paintings 'Carnation Lily Lily Rose'.

Carnation Lily Lily Rose - Painted by Sargent in Broadway, Cotswolds

John Singer Sargent and the Broadway Group of Artists