존 싱어 사전 트(John Singer Sargent)의 "

존 싱어 사전 트(John Singer Sargent)의 "

상류사회의 초상화 

American painter, born  1856- died April 29 1925

미국에서 태어나고 영국에서 활동한 존 싱어 사전트는 당대 최고의 초상화가였다. 

그가 그린 대통령의 초상화 두 점(시어도어 루스벨트, 우드로 윌슨)이 현재 백악관에

걸려 있다는 사실만 보아도 사전트가 얼마나 인기 있는 초상화가였는지 알 수 있다.

사전트는 이래저래 뛰어난 화가가 될 자질과 여건을 갖추고 있었다.

부유한 부모 덕에 어린 시절부터 이탈리아와 프랑스를 돌며 그림 수업을

받았고 평생 독신으로 살았기 때문에 그림에만 전념할 수 있었다.

그리고 결정적으로 사전트는 남들보다 훨씬 빨리 그림을 그렸다.

그가 평생 남긴 작품의 수는 2천 점이 넘는다. 여기에 더해 화려하고 관능적이면서도

세밀한 화풍은 19세기 빅토리아 시대와 에드워드 시대 지식인들의 입맛에 딱 맞았다.

덕분에 사전트의 초상화 가격은 천정부지로 치솟았는데, 현재의 환율로 따지면

그에게 초상화를 받기 위한 비용은 13만 달러, 우리 돈으로 1억 원이 넘었다.

당연히 그에게 초상화를 청탁하는 이들은 귀족이나 왕족,

아니면 런던의 신흥 부르주아, 지식인들이었다.

 

▲ 사전트의 자화상, 1906년. 캔버스에 유채, 70 × 53 cm.

 

▲ Mrs. Cecil Wade  John Singer Sargent - 1886  Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (United States)
Painting - oil on canvas  Height: 162.6 cm (64.02 in.), Width: 134.6 cm (52.99 in.)

 

▲ Countess Clary Aldringen (Therse Kinsky)  John Singer Sargent - circa 1896
Private collection Painting - oil on canvas  Height: 228.5 cm (89.96 in.), Width: 122 cm (48.03 in.) 

 

▲ Ada Rehan  John Singer Sargent - 1894  Metropolitan Museum of Art (United States) 

Painting - oil on canvas  Height: 236.2 cm (92.99 in.), Width: 127.3 cm (50.12 in.)

 

▲ Catherine Vlasto  John Singer Sargent - 1897
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (United States) Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 152.5 cm (60.04 in.), Width: 96.5 cm (37.99 in.)

 

▲ Cora, Countess of Strafford (Cora Smith) John Singer Sargent - 1908
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 157.5 cm (62.01 in.), Width: 113 cm (44.49 in.)

 

▲ Daisy Leiter  John Singer Sargent - circa 1898
Private collection   Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 228.6 cm (90 in.), Width: 119.4 cm (47.01 in.)

 

▲ Gladys VanderbiltJohn Singer Sargent - 1906
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 152.4 cm (60 in.), Width: 96.5 cm (37.99 in.)

 

▲ Helen Brice John Singer Sargent - 1907
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 147.3 cm (57.99 in.), Width: 86.4 cm (34.02 in.)

 

▲ Helen Dunham John Singer Sargent - 1892
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 121.5 cm (47.83 in.), Width: 81.3 cm (32.01 in.)

 

▲ Lady Margaret Spicer John Singer Sargent - circa 1906
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 266.7 cm (105 in.), Width: 149.8 cm (58.98 in.)

 

▲ Lady Agnew of Lohnaw John Singer Sargent - circa 1892
National Galleries of Scotland (Scotland)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 125.7 cm (49.49 in.), Width: 100.3 cm (39.49 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Archibald Douglas Dick (nee Isabelle Parrott) (1863-1xxx)
John Singer Sargent - 1886  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 161.29 cm (63.5 in.), Width: 93.03 cm (36.63 in.)

 

▲ Lady Speyer (Leonora von Stosch) John Singer Sargent - 1907
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 147.3 cm (57.99 in.), Width: 96.5 cm (37.99 in.)

 

▲ Mildred Carter John Singer Sargent - 1908
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 101.6 cm (40 in.), Width: 76.2 cm (30 in.) 

 

▲ Maud Coats John Singer Sargent - 1906
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 106.8 cm (42.05 in.), Width: 78.8 cm (31.02 in.)

 

▲ Mathilde TownsendJohn Singer Sargent - 1907 National Gallery of Art -
Washington (United States) Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 153.3 cm (60.35 in.), Width: 102.2 cm (40.24 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Edward Deshon Brandegee  John Singer Sargent - 1907
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 152.4 cm (60 in.), Width: 96.5 cm (37.99 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. William George Raphael (Margherita Goldsmid)  John Singer Sargent - 1906
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 142.2 cm (55.98 in.), Width: 104.1 cm (40.98 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Frederick Barnard John Singer Sargent - 1885
Tate Britain (England)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 104.1 cm (40.98 in.), Width: 57.2 cm (22.52 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Ralph Curtis (Eliza De Wolfe Colt)  John Singer Sargent - 1898
Cleveland Museum of Art (United States)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 219.08 cm (86.25 in.), Width: 104.78 cm (41.25 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Waldorf Astor (Nancy Langhorne)  John Singer Sargent - 1908-1909
Painting - oil on canvas  Height: 149.9 cm (59.02 in.), Width: 99 cm (38.98 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears
John Singer Sargent - 1899 Museum of Fine Arts - Houston (United States)
Painting - oil on canvas  Height: 173.67 cm (68.38 in.), Width: 123.51 cm (48.62 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Ian Hamilton (Jean Muir)  John Singer Sargent - circa 1896
Tate Britain (England)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 130 cm (51.18 in.), Width: 92.5 cm (36.42 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain John Singer Sargent - 1902
National Gallery of Art - Washington (United States)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 150.5 cm (59.25 in.), Width: 83.8 cm (32.99 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Henry White (Margaret [Daisy] Stuyvesant Rutherford)
John Singer Sargent - 1883  Corcoran Gallery of Art (United States)
Painting - oil on canvas Height: 221 cm (87.01 in.), Width: 139.7 cm (55 in.)

 

▲ Mrs. Huth Jackson (Clara Annabel Caroline Grant Duff)
John Singer Sargent - 1907  Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 147.3 cm (57.99 in.), Width: 99 cm (38.98 in.)

 

▲ Princess Demidoff (Sophie Ilarinovna)  John Singer Sargent - circa 1896
Toledo Museum of Art (United States)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 167 cm (65.75 in.), Width: 97 cm (38.19 in.) 

 

▲ The Honourable Pauline Astor  John Singer Sargent - 1898-1899
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 248.92 cm (98 in.), Width: 127 cm (50 in.)

 

▲ The Duchess of Portland  John Singer Sargent - 1902
Private collection  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 228.6 cm (90 in.), Width: 113 cm (44.49 in.) 

 

▲ Mrs. Hamilton McKown Twombly (Florence Adele Vanderbilt)  John Singer Sargent - 1890
Comumbia University in the City of New York (United States)  Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 229 cm (90.16 in.), Width: 143.5 cm (56.5 in.)

 

▲ John Ridgely Carter   John Singer Sargent -1901년.  캔버스에 유채, 85. 1 by 67.3 cm.