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Sargent (JOHN SINGER an American artist)

JOHN SINGER, an American artist; born in Florence, Italy, in 1856; studied art under Carolus Duran; received a second-class medal at the Paris Salon in 1881; took a medal of honor at the Paris Exposition in 1889; and was elected an academician of the Royal Academy, England, in 1 1897, and of the National Academy of Design in New York in 1897. His works include the figure pieces: "Fishing for Oysters at Cancale"; "Neapolitan Children Bathing," and "El Jaleso"; the portraits: "Doctor Pozzi"; "Portrait of a Young Lady"; "Madam G."; "Henry Marquand"; and numerous sketches, ideal figures, etc., portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, and other eminent Americans. His mural decorations are notable, especially those in the Public Library of Boston. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.