Biographical Essay on John Singer Sargent
1999 essay by Teej
It seems very easy to find the means to have sympathy with these fellows who produced awe-inspiring and incredible art, but were in one or more areas of their life empty or deficient, or just flat out dishonest. But what to do with a man who exemplified the culture and expectations of his time? Without review and comparison the culture and politics of our time insures that we not understand the culture and politics of his. More

Thomas Craven short essay on Sargent
Copyright©1939-1958
At the galleries of the Royal Academy in London, in the year 1926, a memorial exhibition of Sargent’s paintings was placed before tbe public. It was an enormous exhibition; for Sargent, besides his work in murals, water color and landscape, painted more than five hundred portraits. More

Teej's Short Time-Line on John Singer Sargent
1999 list by Teej
Short, point-by-point time-line of Sargent's life & work highlights. More

Sargent Bibliography
Books & publications on Sargent
here

Some Biographical links
Sargent Bio - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Here