John Singer Sargent RA, NA
Born 17 January 1894
Died 15 April 1925
Active: 1894 - 1925
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: United Kingdom
Painter, watercolourist, mural painter
Born in Florence, Italy. Nationality British and American.
Works
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The Redemption
1901
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, New York), 1901
1901
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
9 January 1894 - 14 January 1897
Elected RA in 1897.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
14 January 1897 - 15 April 1925
Died in 1925.
Invited to join Royal Society of British Sculptors
10 January 1905 - 2 March 1905
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905]. Transpired that he was ineligible to become an ordinary member due to his American citizenship [2 March 1905]. Was then recommended by council for Honorary membership [Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Member of council Royal Academy of Arts
1898 - 1899
Listed as a Member of the Council. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Reports'.
Visitor at Central School of Arts and Crafts
1896 - 1898
Listed as a visitor to the school in 1896-1897 and in 1897-1898.
Visitor at Royal Academy Schools
1899 - 1904
Listed variously as a visitor to the Life School and to the School of Painting. See Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of James Havard Thomas
23 January 1907
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of John Tweed
1912
For RA; unsuccessful.
Sources
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Fine Arts,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, 1901
1901
Prospectus and Time Table, The Central School of Arts and Crafts, 20 December 1896
20 December 1896
p. 2.
Prospectus and Time Table. The Central School of Arts and Crafts, 316 Regent Street, London, W. Second Session, 1897-1898
1897
pp. 2, 28
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.14.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
10 January 1905; 2 March 1905.
Citing this record
'John Singer Sargent RA, NA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1214579080, accessed 24 Mar 2023]
