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John Singer Sargent

1856 - 1925

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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 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 to the Tyrol, Corfu, Capri, Spain, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida. Born in Florence to American parents, he was trained in Paris before moving to London, living most of his life in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Singer Sargent is the 348th most popular painter (down from 343rd in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,110th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Italian Painter.

John Singer Sargent is most famous for his portraits.

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Among painters, John Singer Sargent ranks 348 out of 2,023. Before him are Claude Joseph Vernet, Charles Gleyre, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Alessandro Allori, Gabriël Metsu, and Frans Snyders. After him are Marianne von Werefkin, Horace Vernet, Léon Bonnat, Anna Maria van Schurman, Philipp Otto Runge, and Jeanne Hébuterne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, John Singer Sargent ranks 29. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Andrey Markov, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, and H. Rider Haggard. After him are Carl David Tolmé Runge, Jean Moréas, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Mikhail Vrubel, Pedro Lascuráin, and Sergei Taneyev. Among people deceased in 1925, John Singer Sargent ranks 31. Before him are George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Aleksey Kuropatkin, Wong Fei-hung, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Oliver Heaviside, and H. Rider Haggard. After him are Pier Giorgio Frassati, Percy Fawcett, Karl Abraham, Christian Krohg, Robert M. La Follette, and Christian Michelsen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John Singer Sargent ranks 1,108 out of 5,161. Before him are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Alessandro Allori (1535), Beatrice of Naples (1457), and Enrico De Nicola (1877). After him are Maurizio Pollini (1942), Joannes (400), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), and Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, John Singer Sargent ranks 95. Before him are Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), Carlo Crivelli (1430), Bernardino Luini (1475), and Alessandro Allori (1535). After him are Francesco Albani (1578), Francesco Melzi (1491), Luigi Russolo (1885), Carlo Carrà (1881), Dosso Dossi (1480), and Giovanni Segantini (1858).

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