John Singer Sargent’s Essence in a Brushstroke

Though it offers little in the way of Sargent’s artistic engagement with the city he called home for a decade, “Dazzling Paris” is a reminder of his uncommonly skillful brushwork.

John Singer Sargent’s Essence in a Brushstroke
John Singer Sargent, "In the Luxembourg Gardens" (1874), oil on canvas (all photos Olivia McEwan/Hyperallergic)