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John Singer Sargent

1856 - 1925

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John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, 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 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Singer Sargent has received more than 2,759,560 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). John Singer Sargent is the 290th most popular painter (up from 293rd in 2019), the 937th most popular biography from Italy (down from 925th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Italian Painter.

John Singer Sargent is most famous for his portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Singer Sargent ranks 290 out of 1,421. Before him are Carlo Carrà, Angela Hitler, Antoni Tàpies, Gerrit Dou, Francesco Melzi, and Max Beckmann. After him are Baldassare Peruzzi, Adriaen van Ostade, Anselm Kiefer, Paul Delvaux, Louis Wain, and Frans Snyders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, John Singer Sargent ranks 21. Before him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ivan Franko, Svetozar Boroević, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Robert Nivelle. After him are Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Andrey Markov, L. Frank Baum, Frank B. Kellogg, and H. Rider Haggard. Among people deceased in 1925, John Singer Sargent ranks 27. Before him are Johann Palisa, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Vincenzo Peruggia, Félix Vallotton, and Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria. After him are Oliver Heaviside, Vajiravudh, Fritz Haarmann, Léon Bourgeois, Aleksey Kuropatkin, and H. Rider Haggard.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John Singer Sargent ranks 937 out of 4,668. Before him are Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Francesco Melzi (1491), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Antipope Clement III (1025), Mina (1940), and Roger de Flor (1267). After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Hormizd I (250), Sextus Pompey (-67), Italo Svevo (1861), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), and Giovanni Battista Martini (1706).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, John Singer Sargent ranks 82. Before him are Il Sodoma (1477), Carlo Crivelli (1430), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Salvator Rosa (1615), Carlo Carrà (1881), and Francesco Melzi (1491). After him are Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), François Gérard (1770), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Francesco Albani (1578), Rosalba Carriera (1673), and Cosimo Rosselli (1439).

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