Month: January 2025

Besides painting each day, I read about artists from the past. There are many ways to improve one’s painting; one way is to study how artists lived and read what they wrote.

Met Exhibition: Sargent & Paris -April 27–August 3, 2025

John left us a few hundred oil paintings for the living. He also wrote extensively and much of his writing is now accessible freely thanks to the internet.

For those of you that are interested in learning more about John Singer Sargent, I am listing a number of references that I have found on this post and update it as needed.

• John Singer Sargent Painting Techniques – Written by Craig Mullins
• John Sargent – A book by EVAN CHARTERIS; Published in 1927
• Sargent’s Colorful Past – The Harvard Art Museums hold some of Sargent’s tools and materials
• Sargent Palette – Everett Raymond Kinstler talking about the Palette. Replica of the palette available for purchase from the Portrait Society
• John Singer Sargent letters, 1887-1922 – The John Singer Sargent letters consist of 104 letters dating from 1887 to 1922