If you didn’t have to worry about money or approval, how would you spend your time? American painter John Singer Sargent found his answer in his 50s. __ 🖼 John Singer Sargent, “Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau),” 1883–84, oil on canvas, 82 × 43 in., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916 🖼 John Singer Sargent, “Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman),” 1893, oil on canvas, 49 3⁄8 x 40 1⁄2 in. (125.4 x 102.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chanler A. Chapman 🖼 John Singer Sargent, “Sierra Nevada,” 1912, oil on canvas, National Museum of Cardiff, Wales 🖼 John Singer Sargent, “Simplon Pass,” 1911, oil on canvas, 28 × 36 in., Corcoran Collection . . . . #art #painting #history #love #inspiration #freshstart #50 #arte #sargent #explore #explorepage