萨尔金特(1856～1925年)

Sargent, John Singer

英国裔美籍画家。他是一对富裕的美国夫妇的儿子，出生在义大利，在欧洲长大，直到1876年才来到美国。他曾在巴黎学习绘画，1879年旅行到马德里和哈勒姆学习委拉斯开兹和哈尔斯的作品。他最优秀的作品在此之後很快产生了。最着名的是他的《某夫人》，在1884年的沙龙上引起了流言蜚语。评论家认为该画怪异，被画者的母亲认为该画将其女儿当作了笑柄。遭受这样的挫折後，他迁往伦敦定居，但时常回美国。《蓓尔美尔新闻报》投票认为他的作品《维克斯姊妹》（1884）为年度最遭的画，直到1886年赢得声誉後他才快乐的在美国和英国度其余生。他高贵的肖像画创造了爱德华时期上流社会不朽的形象，其中最优秀的作品用文雅的画风把握住了人物真情流露的瞬间。1907年几乎放弃了肖像画，终其余生致力於壁画和风景画的创作。

English version：

1856～1925年

Sargent, John Singer

U.S.-British painter. Son of wealthy American parents, he was born in Italy and grew up in Europe, not seeing the U.S. until 1876. Having studied painting in Paris, in 1879 he traveled to Madrid and Haarlem to study the works of Diego Velazquez and Frans Hals; his finest works were painted soon afterward. Best known is his Madame X, which created a scandal at the 1884 Salon; critics found it eccentric and erotic, and the sitter's mother claimed it made her daughter a laughingstock. Discouraged, he moved permanently to London, though he often visited the U.S. The Pall Mall Gazette voted his Miss Vickers (1884) the worst painting of the year, and not until 1886 did he achieve the acclaim he was to enjoy in the U.S. and England the rest of his life. His elegant portraits created an enduring image of high society of the Edwardian age; the best, painted with his slashing brush strokes, capture his subjects in revealing, off-guard moments. He largely gave up portraiture in 1907 and devoted the rest of his life to murals and landscapes.