John Singer Sargent was an American leading portrait painter of Edwardian era luxury. During his career; he created about 900 oil paintings and more than 2;000 watercolors; as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel; from Venice to the Tyrol; Corfu; the Middle East; Montana; Maine; and Florida. In 1907; at the age of fifty-one; Sargent officially closed his studio and focused on landscapes in his later years. After 1917; most critics began to consign him to the masters of the past; "a brilliant ambassador between his patrons and posterity." Modernists treated him more harshly; considering him completely out of touch with the reality of American life and with emerging artistic trends including Cubism and Futurism. Sargent quietly accepted the criticism; but refused to alter his negative opinions of modern art. He retorted; "Ingres; Raphael and El Greco; these are now my admiration; these are what I like."
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