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.
