Remington vs Sargent (图)

Both America artists Remington and Sargent I knew in China, then had no favor until I become a professional portrait artist as one of followers of Sargent.

I try to use Remington for helping to familiarize remediable (ma-m-M)and Sargent for sanguine (s-x-xue).

Remington paint mainly horse subjects, while Sargent rarely renders it. Maybe it is their birth years play a major role. And Sargent like to paint from life, horse is a moving subject, which may annoy the artist though he possess the skills as a great sketch artist.

They do share some characters though...

*Both were born in rich family.

*Remington attended the art school at Yale University,
Sargent attended the premier art school in France.

*Both like to travel
Remington refused to go back to art school and instead spent time camping and enjoying himself.

*Both were successful early
Remington as an illustrator, Sargent as a portrait artist
* Both have obesity problem.

*Mature career
Remington’s fame made him a favorite of the Western Army officers fighting the last Indian battles.

* Both gradually transitioned. R transitioned from the premiere chronicler-artist of the Old West to its most important historian-artist. Sargent shunned away from portrait in his later years.


* Both kept up their contact with celebrities and politicos, incl.Theodore Roosevelt,

* Remington completed novel, Sargent did not only reads widely.

*Remington left a legacy---The Frederick Remington House, Sargent did not.

* Style and influence
R.s style was naturalistic, sometimes impressionistic, and usually veered away from the ethnographic realism of earlier Western artists
Sargent......

PS:
Sargent had no assistants; he handled all the tasks, such as preparing his canvases, varnishing the painting, arranging for photography, shipping, and documentation. He commanded about $5,000 per portrait, or about $130,000 in current dollars. Some American clients traveled to London at their own expense to have Sargent paint their portrait.