The art-collecting industrialist Henry Frick tried to commission a portrait from the famed artist, to no avail.

The great painter John Singer Sargent ... playwrights and musicians. And, here, Sargent was as drawn to Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth as he was to her costume. ERICA HIRSHLER: The costume is ...

By Karen Rosenberg The painter John Singer Sargent ... Image “Fashioned by Sargent” installation view. Far left, ‘‘Beetle Wing Dress’’ for Lady Macbeth. Sargent’s painting of the ...

Maybe that’s simply who John Singer ... Sargent’s Modern inclinations are better shown, not told; they live vividly on the canvas. To that, the MFA saved the best for last. The smoldering ...

Much of the magic of a John Singer Sargent painting ... the arts," says Finch, citing Sargent’s portrayals of the contemporary actress Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth and the Spanish dancer Carmen ...

As soon as the name John Singer ... Sargent’s meticulous fashioning of identity through dress. Sargent’s tendency to toy around with the details is apparent in his portrait of Lady Helen ...

This October in Boston, two exhibitions shine a light on the American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent ... the 1907 portrait of Lady Sassoon, in which she’s swathed in a black taffeta ...

In 1882, John Singer Sargent ... its rosy insides flashing where Sargent must have pinned the sleeves back for contrast. Nearby, “Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth” (1889) captures the famous ...

The great painter John Singer Sargent ... playwrights and musicians. And, here, Sargent was as drawn to Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth as he was to her costume. The costume is covered with beetle ...

The legendary American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925 ... in Britain and the United States. Sargent painted VIPs such as John D. Rockefeller, Lady Randolph Churchill, Robert Louis Stevenson ...