“Sargent's portraits balance ivory and dusky rose against a velvet black ground, with every silk and sash painted as one decisive stroke of premixed colour.”
John Singer Sargent
Painter · Realism · 1856–1925
American expatriate whose society portraits set ivory satin and dusky rose against charcoal blacks with virtuoso brushwork.
The Palette
Curatorial Note
“Sargent's portraits balance ivory and dusky rose against a velvet black ground, with every silk and sash painted as one decisive stroke of premixed colour.”
American expatriate whose society portraits set ivory satin and dusky rose against charcoal blacks with virtuoso brushwork.