I’ve long admired the expressive brushwork of painters like John Singer Sargent, Joaquín Sorolla, Frans Hals and Anders Zorn. Their alla prima technique – wet-into-wet painting – emphasises bold, ...

Sargent also made an appearance in “The Gilded Age”, a period tv drama: Gladys Russell, a robber baron’s daughter, has her ...

In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive and ...