American expatriate portrait artist John Singer Sargent was born, January 12, 1856 in Florence, Italy ❦ Sargent was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist.He was considered the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 … Continue reading John Singer Sargent [1856-1925]