John Singer Sargent returned to watercolor and to landscape with renewed vigor and ambition, and a new sense of freedom in 1902. ... In “Dolce Far Niente,” for instance ...

The famous philosopher William James enjoyed painting in his spare time, and two of his sons, William, Jr., and Alexander, achieved more than local celebrity as portraitists.

John Singer Sargent, “Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs. Wertheimer,” 1901, from “Fashioned by Sargent” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition travels to Tate Britain ...