JOHN SINGER SARGENT (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. Sargent was born in Florence, Italy to American parents. Sargent studied in Italy and Germany, and then in … More Born in January: John Singer Sargent.