I think giving serious study to Sargent is pretty much a standard today for not only portraitists, but all serious painters. He was a virtuoso with a brush, (and in his drawing as well), and his appearance on the scene, during that time when old master traditions were challenged by impressionism, provoked Sargent to aggressively and honorably address those disparate ideologies. Every contemporary painter faces the legacy of John Singer Sargent.
I discovered this painting for the first time at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston years ago. I fell in love with it. It’s my favorite of all his paintings
John Singer Sargent is so very talented. You forgot one of his most famous paintings: "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" is a fascinating painting by John Singer Sargent.
I saw an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago back in 1987 or so. I had never really heard of him before, but a good friend of mine at our college in Milwaukee was an Art History major and loved his work, so we drove down for the day to see the exhibit. I was blown away!! It was really the first time I saw what great portraiture was. “Madame X” is an amazing piece, but the one I fell in love with was “Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes” - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._and_Mrs._I._N._Phelps_Stokes I could create an entire story about the couple just from their depiction here, even if it is completely fictional.
One aspect of his art that is often overlooked is his ability to catch the sitter at his/her most personal, his ability to recreate the atmosphere of mood. Andy Warhol considered him one of the greatest for this very reason and he was right. Look at Madame X: the stubby, grasping fingers, the pretentious pose, the grabbing of the front of the dress in faux-modesty, the turning away from the viewer - and there are actually *three* women in the portrait (look closely and you'll find them). While Sargent was careful to compliment his commissions with seemingly flattering portraits, he often engages in subtle mockery and the careful viewer will notice details that reveal Sargent's own shrewd, witty observations. He was subversive.
Martha Teichner brings such class to any story she presents. I’d watch her do a piece on paint drying. At the first sound of her voice I settle in and know it’s going to be well done.
The likes of John Sargent may never be seen ever again. Add to which very little is known about his private life.his sense and sensibility are so rare, he is unmatched in the history of art. Full stop.
I am a long time admirer of Sargent an paid regular visits to Madam X until the admission price became too much for a 75 year old on a fixed income. I am fortunate to live in Newark, NJ where the Art Museum has Mrs. Thursby. I have stolen all of his posing ideas for my photographic portraiture. I owe him much more than the theft. For countless hours of soaking up details of brushwork, color, composition and light
I did not know that I thought the same about his socialitée's portraits. I just prefer those Spanish humble women he painted, or the other stuff. Thank you for assuring me as an artist's viewer.
I have always wondered why her ear is so red? Did Sargent paint it as such?? Does it represent the true color during the pose or has time created a change? Did something involved fade or lose opacity??? I guess we have no way of knowing. But for Sargent to claim this as his greatest painting, its an interesting detail that jumps out from the pale complexion .
It could be an artistic expression, u don't need to paint it real. The most fun is when u play with colors and let them express what u feel about the painting
Consuelo Patagonia I am aware of that. Im not Sargent but I am a portrait painter. The red is pretty extreme in this documentary. Since posting this comment I have seen this same painting represented with less red on the ear, must b a lighting or post production situation from the show/recording.
@@friedricengravy6646 we have a print at home. The red ear always bothered me. This is my partner’s favorite JSS painting. Mine is Lady Agnew of Lochnaw.
As a photographer, I stole all of my "posing" ideas from John Singer Sargent. Madam "X" is my all time favorite painting of all time. I used to visit her at the Met at least once a year. The increase in admission has really discouraged my visits. I haven't seen her since early 2019
Fantastic art by Sargent, of course. Yet he fell prey to the same gross error of many other painters - the Barfy Background. Art historians often try to brush this off (pun intended) as a scheme to make the more static subject of a portrait stand out in relief. But such a cheap contrast device usually falls flat. Seems the same goal of a Finer Foreground was also tried by early filmmakers, who kept their actors in focus but all else in deep grain. But who has ugly walls like that? Nobody!
Deberian eticamente detenerse mas tiempo en cada cuadro no un paseo de consumo ,de turísta que hoy se hace con el arte sino se trata de mirar el cuadro en si mismo, eso es todo,para eso está internet para divulgar lo que uno quizá nunca verá en forma presencial . debemos cambiar de mente y ser mas generosos y no tan mezquinos ...................de..................CHILE
HOLD ON. SARGENT SAID THAT IN ALL WAYS, EAKINS WAS THE GREATEST LIVING AMERICAN PAINTER. SO TO CLAIM THAT HE WAS THE BEST, IS AGAINST HIS OWN OPINIONS.
The commentary of this piece is rather inflated and full of excessive praise rather than information. The visuals do not let you see the paintings well. A good painter deserves a more judicious presentation. Or maybe just less talk and more paintings.
walt walt he was definitely a great painter - no doubt, but there is a leap between that and the exclusive club of greatest painters of all time. Equal to Titian? Velasquez? Rembrandt? Carivaggio? Tough club to join (and I like him).
I don't know if you could say there's a "leap" between JSS and these other painters...maybe a slight gap. The guy's talent was enormous when you consider: 1. Economy of stroke. 2. Dead shot for likeness. 3. Balance of color and composition. I don't think the very best of JSS hits the very best of Rembrandt or Velazquez, but Titian or Caravaggio? Maybe, though JSS wasn't a great innovator like those two. The bottom line is I think you can make a pretty good argument that JSS was one of the ten best portrait painters of all time.
@@jaydubya3698, if you know anything about painting, you should know that Titian is one of the holy trinity of painters , what a shame he is hardly known anymore.
He was a good painter, but not the best one. He was one among many, many portrait painters who were absolutely fab. Other painters just don't experience that much attention. Maybe it has to do with the fact that he is one of the few American talented painters of the time. He for sure is not one of the greates artists of all time.
I think great artists tend to not be interested in themselves, but to be massively in love with the world around them.
so true.
Agreed
Real
I am so honored to be directly related to this talented artist, Genealogy is pretty cool.
See if you can inherit some of his paintings
Lucky🥺
Lucky you Evan. What I would give to have been trained by him, though apparently he hated teaching
This is so crazy lmfao
I think giving serious study to Sargent is pretty much a standard today for not only portraitists, but all serious painters. He was a virtuoso with a brush, (and in his drawing as well), and his appearance on the scene, during that time when old master traditions were challenged by impressionism, provoked Sargent to aggressively and honorably address those disparate ideologies. Every contemporary painter faces the legacy of John Singer Sargent.
I agree, he has become a standard but mostly for realism painters (not photorealism), which I'm glad is becoming more popular again
Not for the millions of Abstract Expressionists....
really?
This was from when I was like 11
One of my favorite painters. Thanks for uploading the video. Blessings!
Your welcome
Sargent's work is like no other, magnificent and realistic!
Yep
I think Mr. John singer Sargent paints the most beautiful people of hes era!
Real
First time i seen this portrait i fell in love...
And the story behind it made it that much better
I discovered this painting for the first time at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston years ago. I fell in love with it. It’s my favorite of all his paintings
John Singer Sargent is so very talented. You forgot one of his most famous paintings: "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" is a fascinating painting by John Singer Sargent.
My favorite
I saw all of these portraits at the Metropolitan Museum here in New York when the had his show. Really inspiring.
lucky you!
I saw an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago back in 1987 or so. I had never really heard of him before, but a good friend of mine at our college in Milwaukee was an Art History major and loved his work, so we drove down for the day to see the exhibit. I was blown away!! It was really the first time I saw what great portraiture was. “Madame X” is an amazing piece, but the one I fell in love with was “Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes” - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._and_Mrs._I._N._Phelps_Stokes I could create an entire story about the couple just from their depiction here, even if it is completely fictional.
Beautifully done; thank you !
Magnificent paintings.
What a great talent. One of my favorites.
Thanks
Oh my gosh, he's awesome, fabulous
Pastel portrait aftists
Wow what an artist...painting the life portraits of others in their true spirit....sweet
Spectacular paintings
Always my favorite artist.I use his technique.Master of tone &brush.Sagent,less is more.
I thought that was Frank Lloyd Wright
ahead of his time; a time traveler indeed
One aspect of his art that is often overlooked is his ability to catch the sitter at his/her most personal, his ability to recreate the atmosphere of mood. Andy Warhol considered him one of the greatest for this very reason and he was right. Look at Madame X: the stubby, grasping fingers, the pretentious pose, the grabbing of the front of the dress in faux-modesty, the turning away from the viewer - and there are actually *three* women in the portrait (look closely and you'll find them). While Sargent was careful to compliment his commissions with seemingly flattering portraits, he often engages in subtle mockery and the careful viewer will notice details that reveal Sargent's own shrewd, witty observations. He was subversive.
We have a print if this painting at home (my partner’s favorite JSS). I’ll have to look at it more closely.
Would you please elaborate on your “three women” comment. I’m intrigued because he is my favorite artist.
@@HeronCoyote1234would you please elaborate on the “three women”?
@@michaeltaylor981 look at the painting on google arts & culture. zoom into the top of the table legs. the form is of a woman.
One of my favorite artists ever
Love him, such a talent.
More than beautifully 🌹🌹🌹❤
Martha Teichner brings such class to any story she presents. I’d watch her do a piece on paint drying. At the first sound of her voice I settle in and know it’s going to be well done.
I feel the same way. Love her!
He was such a gorgeous man!
Great Artist🙏
JSS is so underrated!
The likes of John Sargent may never be seen ever again. Add to which very little is known about his private life.his sense and sensibility are so rare, he is unmatched in the history of art. Full stop.
Speechless!
The well to do may have comitioned Mr Sargent for facial features but you can see the true beauty in the clothing in these portraits
Sargent was a wizard with the drapery of clothing! You can almost feel the texture of the fabrics.
I am a long time admirer of Sargent an paid regular visits to Madam X until the admission price became too much for a 75 year old on a fixed income. I am fortunate to live in Newark, NJ where the Art Museum has Mrs. Thursby. I have stolen all of his posing ideas for my photographic portraiture. I owe him much more than the theft. For countless hours of soaking up details of brushwork, color, composition and light
Doing great love it
No one will ever match Sargent.
1:18 oh ...
1:24 wow...
1:27 OMG
Great ❤️❤️❤️❤️
A true master....
I did not know that I thought the same about his socialitée's portraits. I just prefer those Spanish humble women he painted, or the other stuff. Thank you for assuring me as an artist's viewer.
I like his drawings.
amazing
He was like no other.
What is the title of the music that accompanied this? Perfect!
Gabriel Faure - Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande.
my question too!
I have always wondered why her ear is so red? Did Sargent paint it as such?? Does it represent the true color during the pose or has time created a change? Did something involved fade or lose opacity??? I guess we have no way of knowing. But for Sargent to claim this as his greatest painting, its an interesting detail that jumps out from the pale complexion
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Mostly it is the pure light that is catching the ear.Then it gets so red
It could be an artistic expression, u don't need to paint it real. The most fun is when u play with colors and let them express what u feel about the painting
she is pale, pale ppl be like that
Consuelo Patagonia I am aware of that. Im not Sargent but I am a portrait painter. The red is pretty extreme in this documentary.
Since posting this comment I have seen this same painting represented with less red on the ear, must b a lighting or post production situation from the show/recording.
@@friedricengravy6646 we have a print at home. The red ear always bothered me. This is my partner’s favorite JSS painting. Mine is Lady Agnew of Lochnaw.
As a photographer, I stole all of my "posing" ideas from John Singer Sargent. Madam "X" is my all time favorite painting of all time. I used to visit her at the Met at least once a year. The increase in admission has really discouraged my visits. I haven't seen her since early 2019
It should be free entry. All those US museums should be. All the great London museums are free entry for everyone, even tourists. .
Wow
Didn’t he also do Theodor Roosevelt Presidental portrait?
He did indeed!
When I paint, I try to give my brush the kind of confidence that which Sargent imbued his own strokes. I'm still waiting 🤪
can anybody tell me please which museum is this..
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
I never thought madam x was that provocative.
For the time she would have been. It's an easily sensual portrait...even for today.
Fantastic art by Sargent, of course. Yet he fell prey to the same gross error of many other painters - the Barfy Background. Art historians often try to brush this off (pun intended) as a scheme to make the more static subject of a portrait stand out in relief. But such a cheap contrast device usually falls flat. Seems the same goal of a Finer Foreground was also tried by early filmmakers, who kept their actors in focus but all else in deep grain. But who has ugly walls like that? Nobody!
🕊🇺🇲💕
Deberian eticamente detenerse mas tiempo en cada cuadro no un paseo de consumo ,de turísta que hoy se hace con el arte sino se trata de mirar el cuadro en si mismo, eso es todo,para eso está internet para divulgar lo que uno quizá nunca verá en forma presencial . debemos cambiar de mente y ser mas generosos y no tan mezquinos ...................de..................CHILE
HOLD ON. SARGENT SAID THAT IN ALL WAYS, EAKINS WAS THE GREATEST LIVING AMERICAN PAINTER. SO TO CLAIM THAT HE WAS THE BEST, IS AGAINST HIS OWN OPINIONS.
Warum nicht in deutsch?
Did this artist ever marry? Did he have any children?
No, and can you guess why?
@@bscottb8 No ,pray tell .
The commentary of this piece is rather inflated and full of excessive praise rather than information. The visuals do not let you see the paintings well. A good painter deserves a more judicious presentation. Or maybe just less talk and more paintings.
Repeat
very boring pics yawn yawn
It you understood the level of skill and technique in his work, you would be able to appreciate it for what it is.
@@Runconna Not doubting the skill,just the subject matter is uninspiring,think its training and patience mostly
"One of the greateat artists of all time"???? Erm , O.K........
She's right you know
walt walt he was definitely a great painter - no doubt, but there is a leap between that and the exclusive club of greatest painters of all time. Equal to Titian? Velasquez? Rembrandt? Carivaggio? Tough club to join (and I like him).
I don't know if you could say there's a "leap" between JSS and these other painters...maybe a slight gap. The guy's talent was enormous when you consider: 1. Economy of stroke. 2. Dead shot for likeness. 3. Balance of color and composition. I don't think the very best of JSS hits the very best of Rembrandt or Velazquez, but Titian or Caravaggio? Maybe, though JSS wasn't a great innovator like those two. The bottom line is I think you can make a pretty good argument that JSS was one of the ten best portrait painters of all time.
He was, he's up there with the them all considered the best. Anyone who knows anything about painting can tell this simply buy looking at his work's.
@@jaydubya3698, if you know anything about painting, you should know that Titian is one of the holy trinity of painters , what a shame he is hardly known anymore.
He was a good painter, but not the best one. He was one among many, many portrait painters who were absolutely fab. Other painters just don't experience that much attention. Maybe it has to do with the fact that he is one of the few American talented painters of the time. He for sure is not one of the greates artists of all time.
agree
All art is subjective. I love his work and I'm glad so much of his work still exists.
I'll take Zorn over Sargent.
Was he gay?
That womens wig looks like doll hair