SARGENT


Meaning of SARGENT in English

I . John Singer Sargent

(1856–1925)

a US artist known for painting rich and famous people. They included President Theodore Roosevelt and the author Robert Louis Stevenson . Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, of US parents. He studied and painted in Paris (1874–84) but his career in France was damaged when his painting Madame X (1884) was considered too sexual. He then settled in London, though he remained a US citizen.

II . Malcolm Sargent

(1895–1967)

an English conductor who is best remembered as a conductor of the Proms . He was made a knight in 1947.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.