John Singer Sargent (American, b. 1856 - d. 1925)

The approximately 40 paintings in this exhibition, ranging in date from the 1850s to the early 20th century, include many of the finest examples of mid- and late-19th century French and American landscapes in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection. It offers a striking survey of plein-air painting from Gustave Courbet and continuing with Charles Francois Daubigny and others of the Barbizon School, all of whom impacted greatly the following generation of French Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Gustave Caillebotte and Pierre-August Renoir as well as a number of their American contemporaries including Childe Hassam, Edward Henry Potthast, Julian Alden Weir, Theodore Robinson, John Henry Twachtman and John Singer Sargent. This exhibition offers the viewer the opportunity to see what truly kindred spirits these French and American painters were.