# John Singer Sargent

American, 1856–1925; born in Florence; died in London

Sargent was born in Florence to American parents and grew up travelling across Europe. He trained in Paris under Carolus-Duran, and the scandal over his portrait Madame X at the 1884 Salon prompted his move to London, where he became the most sought-after society portraitist on both sides of the Atlantic. Around 1907 he largely gave up portrait commissions for watercolours made on his travels and for the murals he painted for the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madame-x-virginie-amelie-avegno-gautreau-met-12127), John Singer Sargent, 1883–84. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/reapers-resting-in-a-wheat-field-met-12162), John Singer Sargent, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Apollo and Daphne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/apollo-and-daphne-nga-194944), John Singer Sargent, c. 1916/1919. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [In the Generalife](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/in-the-generalife-met-12116), John Singer Sargent, 1912. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.