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Beading Arts Faux Antiques and Reproductions All Handmade by lynndavis February Monthly Challenge About the Art Conceived under the most unusual of circumstances, and nurtured in a remarkable setting at Broadway, The Cotswold, England, this painting is overwhelmingly held out by the public -- then as well as today -- to be the most favored painting of all his work. It is universally believed to be one of his masterpieces. About the Artist John Singer Sargent was an American painter by birth-right. He was born in Florence, to American parents and traveled extensively throughout Europe. He was schooled as a French artist, heavily influenced by the Impressionist movement, the Spanish Master Velazquez, the Dutch Master Frans Hals, and his teacher Carolus-Duran. His output was prodigious. He painted two United States presidents, the aristocracy of Europe, the new and emerging tycoons and barons of business -- Rockefeller, Sears, Vanderbilt; and he painted gypsies, tramps, and street children with the same gusto and passion. Challenge Color Palette: The Prizes:

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