Oil on stretched canvas, American Renaissance School, featuring harbor and ships, signed John S Sargent, possible signature of John Singer Sargent on the lower left corner. Verso inscribed Lch-437. 31 x 41 cm (12.2 x 16.1 inches). PROVENANCE: Private American estate

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was an American painter best known for his lushly painted landscapes and realistic portraits of socialites. His iconic work El Jaleo (1882) was admired by some of America’s great collectors, such as President Calvin Coolidge’s cousin, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. The work’s bold execution and broken brushstrokes were influenced by the Impressionists Édouard Manet and Claude Monet. Born on January 12, 1856 in Florence, Italy to American parents, Sargent went on to study under Carolus-Duran in Paris in 1874. Duran encouraged students to begin paintings alla-prima (painting directly in wet paint), a technique at which Sargent excelled. Duran often cited earlier artists like Diego Velazquez and Frans Hals whose use of brushstrokes to evoke texture and light inspired Sargent, who once remarked, “The thicker you paint, the more it flows.” Though he was an American citizen, Sargent did not visit the United States until he was 20 years old. While in America, he quickly developed a reputation as a skilled portrait painter. During the later stages of his career, he grew weary of portrait commissions and spent most of his time traveling and painting the places he visited. Sargent died on April 14, 1925 in London, United Kingdom. Today, his works are in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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