The Elizabeth Peyton of the Palazzo Barbaro set, the painter John Singer Sargent had a way with white. From voluminous Bedouin robes to frothing Alpine streams, the sun-bleached marble steps of Santa ...

John Singer Sargent paints his sister Emily (center) with their nieces in the Alps in his 1911 watercolor "Simplon Pass: The Lesson." (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Maybe it was a midlife ...

We learn about the Museum of Fine Art Houston’s new exhibit John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors, which offers a rare collection of 100 watercolors by Gilded Age American master John Singer Sargent.

John Singer Sargent, "Gondolier's Siesta" (c. 1902–03), gouache and watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches (image courtesy Christie's Images Ltd. 2025) Though last night's 20th Century Evening Sale at ...

The reputations of artists rise and fall over decades, until finally they’re either ensconced in the pantheon of the Greats, or more or less forgotten. Most, of course, are forgotten. The reputation ...

As a kid, John Singer Sargent was booted from Italy's Medici gardens for trying to set leaves on fire with a magnifying glass. Thank goodness he didn't lose his fixation with the sun. In "John Singer ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston are presenting an exhibition of John Singer Sargent's watercolours. The 93 works will be shown at the Brooklyn Museum April 5 ...

New England’s beloved John Singer Sargent (1853-1925) was a consummate and complex artist who absorbed techniques executed by the old masters, impressionists and realists and demonstrated them on the ...

John Singer Sargent, Bedouins, c. 1905–06, opaque and translucent watercolor, Brooklyn Museum Mostly known for his Gilded Age portraits in oil, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was also a prolific ...

Radiant Rembrandts, vibrant portraiture of everyday life and uncanny photographs in New York and Boston, to catch before they’re gone, come August and September. By Rachel Sherman The rich expatriates ...