This is an evocative example of Sargent's mastery of light  and the boldness of his brush work. . . 
-- The Pragmatic Romanticist

See Also:

• Portrait of Edouard and Marie-Louise Paillern
• Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs Wertheimer
• Henry Lee Higginson (1903)
• The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy - 1907
• Roses and Chair
• Graveyard in the Tyrol - 1914
• Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver
• Nonchaloir (Repose) 
• Cashmere - 1908

(Two Studies in White)
(Road to Madame X essay)
(Caricature of Sargent's painting)

Fumée d'Ambre Gris  with its white on white.  Its exquisite
-Aj stewart

(Essay by Bert)
(Essay by Adam Sutcliffe) 

It's a portrait, but its more than a piece of a singular subject. It's an "ode to red" featuring an individual. "Red" with a face, one might say
-- Georgie

This painting  has it all  I think. The sky is so full of colors and the shadows in the faces of the women. It is stunning . I also love the breakfast in the loggia.
-- ACT 100S CEN@aol.com

My Favorite  . . . shows the wife daringly in the forefront, with her husband in the shadows.  I think that much of Sargent's work shows things as status quo for the times, and this work is a little more daring. . . 
-- 1co olc at@snet.net

Miss Eden is unusual because it is a watercolor done in the formal style of his oils [the seated portrait], perhaps the only one he ever did in this style 
--  Jack White

(Picture and essay)

Sargent broke new ground in the field of watercolors. He and Homer broke away from the staid English school of pen and ink and produced explosive, loosely painted works that jarred the critics. They made watercolors fashionable and were the first to have them seriously exhibited. 
-- Will Donnelley

A favorite painting....
1) In terms of overall technique

-"Muddy Alligators   1917

-Gourds 1905-08
-White Ships 1908
-The Grand Canal, Venice 1902
-The Garden Wall 1910

(Wertheimer Family Portraits)

Its significance . . . is  personal. It reminds me very much of a  boy i used to know and still miss. . . . I found this portrait to be absolutely haunting.  it was as if the eyes of Alfred  were alive and ghostly all at once
-- Raven Schultz

Sargent managed to capture the mood of being in Venice superbly and the painting has a lovely sense of mystery to it
-- e il  een@tee.gr

The Misses Vickers - reminds me of Cranach's painting of the three daughters of the Elector of Saxony . . .[as for Sargent's] which one has the imagination? Which is compliant? Which proper?
-- Mark Heumann

When you see it, you feel no one has captured something you've seen and known so well before.  You don't see the picture as much as remember it.
-- Melissa Kemlitz

A tribute to Sargent's sense of drama. The figure comes across as larger than life, just as the character is so rendered by Shakespeare.
-- Rick <r jm ag@attbi.com> 
 

An exceptional work in watercolor architectural painting.   I think it's the greatest watercolor rendered by Sargent -- Dan Clarke 

I feel that it represents the growth of life, like the children are young but the flowers are grown, like they will one day
-- Cra zyD  uckie1231@aol.com

I like this painting because of it's solid colors and solid arrangement.
-- Sean Delouche 

. . . a consummate work of portrait art: the excellent handling of an unforgiving medium combined with the compassionate portrayal of this world weary man result in an evocative, masterful painting.

Also:

As a painter, 'The Pavement' inspires my awe; Sargent has brought this damp, dark scene alive for us through his subtle use of color and perceptive rendering of light.

-- Andy Curran
 

. . . The shadows painted on the building dance across the [paper] . . .

-- Elise Anne Crowell
 

. . . the composition is so subversive -- I mean, he's an English Duke and he's stuck off to one side of the picture while his wife, whose money rescued the family, is the focus of the painting.  Also Consuelo was BEAUTIFUL.

-- Annie Reasoner 
 

(Overview of Venice)
(photo of Rialto)

. . . It involves perspective  . . . as well as a clear sense of light and darkness almost presenting an axis in a way, how darkness divides the two sections . . .

-- Jason  
 

In this quick study Sargent captures his affection for  Consuelo Vanderbilt, as well as showing his pencil technique at a simple level. I can't help wondering just how quick and easy this sketch was for him.  . . .

-- Andy Shaindlin  
 

To now explore Sargent more in depth, you can take one of two paths:

1) Biography is a quick overview of the man and the artist.

2) Chronology Thumbnails is the main body of the gallery. It starts the year he was born and runs until his death. It concisely outlines his life story and shows the paintings he did each year.