121K views · 2.1K shares | John Singer Sargent was the go-to portrait painter of the Gilded Age. His style was considered daring and unconventional, and today, 90 years after his death, his extraordinary portraits are treasured all over the world. Martha Teichner reports on why the master of portraiture is being celebrated in the 21st century. | John Singer Sargent | Facebook

#DidYouKnow, we have six portraits on display by John Singer Sargent? Considered the ‘leading portrait painter of his generation’ this week we celebrated his birthday. Visit Floor 2 to see these works in person. 🎨 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1908 🎨 Octavia Hill, 1898 🎨 Henry James, 1913 🎨 General Officers of World War I, 1922 🎨 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1900 🎨 Hon. Henrietta Franklin (née Montagu), 1898 (Lent by Dr Rodney Franklin, 2024) © National Portrait Gallery, London

The man who Mastered Hands 🖐🏼 The focal point of many John Singer Sargent portraits was the meticulously detailed hands of his muses. There was nobody better at capturing the underlying expression of a persons soul than Sargent, which makes him one of the greatest Portrait Painters of all time. John Singer Sargent - 1865 to 1925 #portraitpainting #johnsingersargent #oilpainting #portrait #realism | Matthew Olivier

6.7K views · 195 reactions | John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. 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 to the Tyrol, Corfu, Spain, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida. | John Singer Sargent | Facebook

John Singer Sargent is considered one of the most prolific painters of his era, boasting 900 oil paintings, over 2,000 watercolors and countless charcoal and pencil sketches. But his personal life is less documented, with only recent scholarship suggesting he had long-standing relationships with both men and women. For our final #Pride Month Art Talk, we’ll re-examine Sargent and his works in the Chrysler collection. | The Chrysler Museum of Art