John Singer Sargent

Sargent, John Singer (1856–1935), U.S. painter famous for his many flattering portraits of high-society figures in the United States and United Kingdom. A master of the brushstroke, he is distinctive for his treatment of texture. One of his most notable works, Madame X (1884), showing the alluring Parisian Madame Gautreau, created a furor that obscured the painting's brilliance.