It was worth the trip. He was such a fine artist. And I particularly liked his portraits of the rich society ladies of the day......their children, their hair-dos and what they wore. A real peek into a different time and culture in the history of this country.
Leni
Do you remember the painting of the children and the Chinese lanterns? The way he captured the light just blew me away.
I think Sargent is the one who said that "a portrait is a painting in which something is wrong with the mouth." Apparently a lot of his sitters wanted the mouth adjusted.
Eventually he got tired of doing portraits, but I guess by then he had enough money so that he could paint what he wished.
I have seen some nice watercolors by him, hadn't been aware that he'd even done any until recently. Anyhow, he was a master at that too.