Margaret Holland Sargent
Margaret Holland Sargent | |
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Born | Hollywood, California | December 30, 1927
Occupation | portrait artist |
Years active | 1958-present |
Margaret Holland Sargent also known as Meg Sargent (born December 30, 1927 in Hollywood, California) is a portrait artist based in Los Angeles, California. She has painted over three hundred oil portraits, including portraits of Tennessee Williams, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher.[1][2]
Background[]
Sargent's father, , was a character actor and theatrical makeup artist. He has been cited as influential on her career.[3] Sargent traveled extensively as an adult with her husband, a career military officer. She studied acting and costume design at the University of California at Los Angeles and is a member of Kappa Delta sorority.[2][4]
Herbert Abrams introduced Sargent to oil painting in the 1960s and she continued to study with John Howard Sanden in the 1970s at the Art Students League of New York.[4] She first painted in a spare bedroom of her home, eventually developing a freestanding studio on her property.
Career[]
Sargent is a skilled businesswoman who has promoted herself throughout her career, employing portfolios, flyers, a website and print advertisements.[2] She has used computers and digital cameras in her work since 1997.[5]
Sargent has frequently painted portraits of officers from the U.S. military, such as Alexander Haig, James Stockdale[6] She is known for painting many of the first women officers in the United States military,[7] including Kristin Baker (first Captain at West Point), first woman graduate from West Point (Andrea Hollen),[4] and the first female chaplain in the armed forces, Dianna Pohlman Bell.[8] She painted Mary Maxwell Gates' portrait. Her artwork of Dorothy Stimson Bullitt was used as cover art for 's book, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt: An Uncommon Life.[9]
Sargent was the first female member of the Salmagundi Club, the American Portrait Society, and the Council of Leading American Portrait Painters.[7]
Throughout her painting career, Sargent has acted in movies, television, and commercials.[7][10]
Professional organizations[]
- American Portrait Society
- The American Society of Portrait Artists
- Council of Leading American Portrait Painters
- Painters Club of New York
- Salmagundi Club
References[]
- ^ June 7, 2005 American Artist article on Margaret Holland Sargent
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Price, Linda S (2000). "The Business of Portrait Painting". American Artist. 64 (694). p. 50.
- ^ Lovoos, Janice (1983). "Margaret Holland Sargent". American Artist. 47 (489). pp. 46–94.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Luana Luconi, Winner (2002). "Margaret Holland Sargent: A Stellar Career". Folio. Spring: 2–5.
- ^ Forst, Elizabeth (November 2005). "Painting in the Digital Age". American Artist. 69 (759): 16–27.
- ^ Biography from AskART Archives
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Calvin, Paula E; Deacon, Deborah A (2011-01-01). American women artists in wartime, 1776-2010. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 138. ISBN 9780786449873. OCLC 707825583.
- ^ Rohlk, Lori (February 2000). "Bold Strokes". Working Woman. 25 (2): 17.
- ^ "Margaret HollandSargent portraits". portraitartist.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "Portraits Go West!". InternationalArtist.com (73): 28. June–July 2010.
External links[]
- 1927 births
- People from Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Artists from Los Angeles
- American women painters
- Painters from California
- American portrait painters
- 20th-century American painters
- 21st-century American painters
- 20th-century American women artists
- 21st-century American women artists
- Art Students League of New York alumni