John Singer Sargent

Maddie PicherPeriod 6

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Vital Statistics

Birth Date: January 12, 1856 Death Date: April 25, 1925 Male American painter, but spent

most of his time in Europe Rambunctious child Impressionist, a Classical

Portraitist, a Landscape Artist, a Water Colorist, a Muralist of public art, and even started sculpting at the last of his life.

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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

Key Personal Events

He traveled all around the world and saw different things and events that he wanted to capture through art.

He had two sisters, Emily (born 1857) and Violet (born 1870)

His older sister, Emily, died at the age of two.

Key Historical Events

Grew up all around Europe, for his family loved to travel.

His mother introduced him to sketching, which he continued with throughout his lifetime and career.

Since he was a little boy, John Singer Sargent had such a strong passion for the arts

Influence of the Art World

Monet, his close and respected friend, was very influential for him to be an unbelievable painter.

Degas made him continue as well, but he was brutally dismissive.

Influenced by the Impressionist movement, the Spanish Master Velazquez, the Dutch Master Frans Hals, and his teacher Carolus-Duran .

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Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

Stylistic Traits

Many lines/dots of different colors Shadows are demonstrated by colors that are not truly

shown in real life (for example, pink on a tree) Colors connect throughout the piece through the dots

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Girl Fishing

Stylistic Traits:Home Fields

Many lines of different colors Shadows are demonstrated by other colors Dusk or dawn in

the painting, because the sun is at such an angle that the shadows are going extremely far from the actual shape/object

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Stylistic Traits: Claude Monet sketching at the Edge of a wood

Shadows of the trees are made up with colors that normally do not represent trees

Folds in cloth are represented by a darker or lighter color than the object itself

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Stylistic Traits: Paul Helleu Sketching, and His Wife

Many different colored lines, representing shadow

Sometimes shadow is representing lights or darks

Different shades of acertain color are used(see both hats)

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Stylistic Traits: My Example

Lines/dots showing different textures (trees/water/grasses)

Landscape Different colors (not just what is show in real

life) Colors repeat throughout

the piece, pulling the eyein

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Conclusion

Different strokes with the brush, representing different textures in the painting is the main stylistic trait I was aiming to have be similar to those of John Singer Sargent’s.

After painting my interpretation of the fabulous artist, I learned that there are many, many different sub-categories under the category of art.

The most interesting part of creating my artwork, was picking colors that would work well and contrast the piece of art well.

I think the trees of my artwork are the strength of my art because the texture is so bold, standing out form the water, sky or grass.

I think the sky is a weak, I could have incorporated more colors and made it stand out next to the trees.