John Singer Sargent was just 18 when he arrived in Paris in 1874. In the ensuing decade, he would not only launch his career as a painter, exhibiting and earning accolades at multiple salons, but also embark on travels that would permanently inflect his practice and establish the connections that would fund his work, including upper-crust socialites, athletes, and financiers; writers like Henry James; and artists like Monet, Renoir, and Rodin. Portraits of and by many of those very figures are on view in “Sargent and Paris” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Indeed, what comes through most strongly in this exhibition is his humanistic bent: Sargent loved people, and it shows. Read more in the review by Lisa Yin Zhang through the link in bio. . . . #JohnSingerSargent #ArtShow #Painting #Portrait #ArtHistory