The man who Mastered Hands 🖐🏼 The focal point of many John Singer Sargent portraits was the meticulously detailed hands of his muses. There was nobody better at capturing the underlying expression of a persons soul than Sargent, which makes him one of the greatest Portrait Painters of all time. John Singer Sargent - 1865 to 1925 #portraitpainting #johnsingersargent #oilpainting #portrait #realism | Matthew Olivier

John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. He created roughly 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, Spain, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida. | John Singer Sargent