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薩爾金特(1856～1925年)

Sargent,John Singer

英國裔美籍畫家。他是一對富裕的美國夫婦的兒子，出生在義大利，在歐洲長大，直到1876年才來到美國。他曾在巴黎學習繪畫，1879年旅行到馬德里和哈勒姆學習委拉斯開茲和哈爾斯的作品。他最優秀的作品在此之後很快產生了。最著名的是他的《某夫人》，在1884年的沙龍上引起了流言蜚語。評論家認為該畫怪異，被畫者的母親認為該畫將其女兒當作了笑柄。遭受這樣的挫折後，他遷往倫敦定居，但時常回美國。《蓓爾美爾新聞報》投票認為他的作品《維克斯姊妹》（1884）為年度最遭的畫，直到1886年贏得聲譽後他才快樂的在美國和英國度其餘生。他高貴的肖像畫創造了愛德華時期上流社會不朽的形象，其中最優秀的作品用文雅的畫風把握住了人物真情流露的瞬間。1907年幾乎放棄了肖像畫，終其餘生致力於壁畫和風景畫的創作。

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.