# The work of John S. Sargent, R.A.

Author: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 [Artist]; Meynell, Alice, 1847-1922 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Genre: Painting -- American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78497

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+work+of+John+S.+Sargent%2C+R.A.+Sargent&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Even the critic of some twenty years ago, to whom the drama of life seemed “literary” and therefore not fit for painting, must confess to an interest in the subject of a picture when that picture is a portrait. The painter’s perception of the character of his sitter is an essential part of his work, even of his execution. There is an insight in portraiture of which no one is afraid to speak. Even when, in the last century, the crime of “literature” was discovered, this was not accused of “literature”, and no man charged this kind of “reading” with that sin. Most justly did the portrait painter pass unrebuked.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-work-of-john-s-sargent-r-a-78497/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-work-of-john-s-sargent-r-a-78497/chapters/2/index.md)