John Singer Sargent, ‘Claude Monet Painting at the Edge of a Wood’, 1888, oil on canvas
Sargent Claude Monet Painting at the Edge of a Wood
1887 Tate Gallery
Admired Monet
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
ex- pat American, technically precocious, studied with Carolus-Duran, lived in Lodon, went to Paris, bad reception, mixed with Impressionists, Degas dismissed him, close relationship with Monet, famous portrait painter