John Singer Sargent

American | 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent was an American 19th Century artist who was born in 1856. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton and will be on exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2025, among other locations. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art have featured John Singer Sargent's work in the past.John Singer Sargent's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 3 USD to 23,528,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 23,528,000 USD for GROUP WITH PARASOLS (A SIESTA), sold at Sotheby's New York in 2004. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 60,262 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 32,948 USD.John Singer Sargent has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Telegraph in March 2025. The artist died in 1925.

Artist's alternative names: J. S. Sargent, John S. Sargent, John Singer Sargeant

Featured for Sale

Oxen on the Beach at Baia ,1901

By John Singer Sargent

Christie's New York

Ritratto di Miss H. Hammersley ,1908

By John Singer Sargent

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Notable Lots

Mildred Carter ,1908

By John Singer Sargent

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The Fa莽ade of La Salute, Venice - John Singer Sargent

The Façade of La Salute, Venice ,1903

By John Singer Sargent

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San Geremia ,1913

By John Singer Sargent

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Ritratto di Miss H. Hammersley - John Singer Sargent

Ritratto di Miss H. Hammersley ,1908

By John Singer Sargent

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Three Figures on a Beach - John Singer Sargent

Three Figures on a Beach ,1878

By John Singer Sargent

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Mrs. Edmond Kelly ,1889

By John Singer Sargent

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PORTRAIT DE FEMME ALANGUIE

Attributed to John Singer Sargent

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Untitled

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The Old Wharf, Ironbound

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Current Exhibitions

British Art: Convergences

Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM)

Lisbon | Portugal

Mar 14,2025 - Jul 21,2025

Sargent and Paris

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Apr 27,2025 - Aug 03,2025

Thinking Through Drawing

Smith College Museum of Art

Northampton | Massachusetts | USA

Oct 18,2024 - Sep 07,2025

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Articles

Londonist 17/04/2025

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Daily Art Magazine 14/04/2025

There鈥檚 no question that John Singer Sargent (1856鈥�1925) was an artistic superstar. Everyone knows his most famous painting Madame X, but do you know these six fun facts about Sargent?

Daily Art Magazine 22/10/2024

We are all dreaming of summer holidays, long walks along beaches, toes in the sand, and the sound of the waves crashing against the shore.

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Coverage

鈥� ..While he is best known for his powerful paintings, he largely ceased painting portraits in 1907 and turned instead to charcoal drawings to satisfy portrait commissions... 鈥�
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The Morgan Library

鈥� ..While Sargent is best known for his society portraits and much of his oeuvre has been well-documented in exhibitions and publications, this groundbreaking exhibition and its accompanying catalogue will... 鈥�
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Corcoran Gallery of Art

鈥� .. Simultaneously, in the Museum's Fenway Gallery, we will exhibit archival material related to Sargent's use of the Gothic Room as a studio... 鈥�
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

鈥� ..Similarly, the artist鈥檚 work as a marine draughtsman has never been studied in relation to his output as a marine painter; for the first time, this project will relate his freely-handled marine drawings,... 鈥�
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Corcoran Gallery of Art

鈥� ..Whether wide-eyed and innocent, solemn or smiley, staring out or looking down, with or without hair, wearing a hat or glasses, or even a wig, faces have fascinated artists, who often used portraiture to... 鈥�
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Falmouth Art Gallery