Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition "Sargent and Paris" features approximately 100 works of art from the titular creator John Singer Sargent. It's the largest international exhibition of Sargent’s work since 1998. The sprawling exhibition spans his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a talented 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s, when his infamous portrait Madame X (1883-1884) scandalized Parisian salons.
On view through August 2, the retrospective will include paintings, watercolors, drawings and numerous preparatory sketches, which will be displayed alongside select portraits of Parisiennes by Sargent’s contemporaries.
“This magnificent exhibition will shed new light on a transformative period in the life and career of one of America’s most important painters,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s CEO said in a press release. “By situating Sargent’s work within the context of the city that formed and inspired him, Sargent and Paris will illuminate this influential artist’s meteoric rise, providing new insights into his unique talent and skill in capturing the vibrant society he inhabited.”