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d’Inverno was an important model for Sargent too & appears to have been his type with his 1970s ‘Frisco macho good looks. Nicola d’Inverno (c1888), Head of a Young Man (c1900) & Figure Study (c1904). The latter is d’Inverno posing for him.

He studied the male form in the approved Academic approach & also as a form of personal meaning. Works for himself, such as these three, explored the idea of his own attraction. Male Model (c1875-7), Male Model (1878) & Portrait of a Sailor (1878)

Sargent was an outsider; an American abroad. He was further set apart by his sexuality. Described in the euphemism of the time as a ‘lifelong bachelor’, he was in fact gay & fascinated with men. Bartholomy Magagnosco (c1875), Frank O’Meara (c1876), Young Man in Reverie (1876)

These too are images of soldiers on the way to the front. They are both sensual depiction but also lyrical poems to the innocence of youth. An innocence that would be impossible after the Great War. More may yet come to light, hopefully.

Sargent could also be noted as a war artist. Here he tended to depict the young men either resting or enjoying themselves - celebrating their last moments in Arcadia before their devouring by the butchering maws of the Front. They are a unique vision of war.

A fascinating body of work within his oeuvre are his studies of sleepers. Here we have people at their most vulnerable, clearly trusting the painter & comfortably asleep. One wonders what was Sargent’s fascination due to? I don’t think it was about sensuality.

Here are two more of his English canvases including one of a friend painting. Here too is one of his lovers believed to be Nicola d’Inverno (coyly described as his valet). These images were mostly for the artists own pleasure. His society portraits paid his way.

It’s often forgotten that Sargent was a master of Impressionism - & indeed for many years art historians thought of him as a society portrait painter only. These three paintings (the first is of Monet painting) demonstrate his place amongst this group devoted to colour & light

Like Gainsborough, Sargent was a superb portraitist & indeed like the English painter he was not keen on painting heads. Gainsborough liked painting kids & beautiful women & Sargent was of the same mind. Sargent was so sought after that he chose who to paint, however!

Thread: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was one of the finest American artists of the Edwardian period. Nowadays he is widely acknowledged for his bravura technical ability as well as his portraiture. I personally believe that he was a great & important artist. Here’s how-