This Art Book contains annotated reproductions of John Singer Sargent drawings; date and interesting facts page below. As a portrait painter Sargent had unparalleled success; he was referred to as "the Van Dyck of our times." By the time Sargent finished his portrait of John D. Rockefeller in 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 unsympathetically; considering him completely out of touch with the reality of American life and with emerging artistic tendencies like Cubism and Futurism. Sargent silently accepted the criticism; but refused to change his negative opinions of modern art. He replies angrily; "Ingres; Raphael and El Greco; these are my admirations; these are what I like."
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