NEW YORK, NY.- The Paul Mellon Centre and the A&AePortal announced the digital release of John Singer Sargent: The Complete Paintings, by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, the critically acclaimed definitive catalogue raisonné of the works in oil, watercolor, and pastel of the extraordinary painter. All nine volumes—which bring together over 600 portraits and some 1,300 subject pictures, landscapes, and mural cycles, along with hundreds of comparative illustrations—will be available on April 1, 2025, marking the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death. Each work is catalogued in depth, with a biographical account of the sitter, a discussion of the contemporary context of the painting, and a detailed provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography. Many new color reproductions are featured in this exclusive digital edition.
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Sarah Victoria Turner, director of the Paul Mellon Centre, states: The Paul Mellon Centre is delighted to see Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray’s catalogue raisonné of John Singer Sargent’s paintings and watercolours enter a new phase of life on Yale University Press’s A&AePortal. As the publisher of this landmark nine-volume work, we have been proud to support its development over many years. This new digital edition, published to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the artist’s death, ensures that the most comprehensive scholarly record of Sargent’s paintings is made widely accessible to researchers, enthusiasts, and collectors around the world.
Bringing this momentous work of scholarship to the A&AePortal introduces transformative research capabilities, from advanced search functionality to high- resolution image viewing and cross-referencing tools – enhancements that were unimaginable when the first volume was published in 1998. Researchers can now engage with Sargent’s extensive oeuvre in new ways, encouraging fresh insights and perspectives.
The Sargent catalogue raisonné has long been a cornerstone of scholarship on the artist, and this digital edition will ensure that it remains accessible and relevant for generations of researchers to come. We are pleased to have collaborated with Yale University Press on this project and look forward to seeing how this edition encourages fresh perspectives and deeper engagement with Sargent’s work.
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was an American painter and draughtsman who spent a significant amount of his career in England. Sargent trained in Paris in the studio of Carolus-Duran in the 1880s. Well-travelled, he took inspiration from several influences including, Velázquez, the Barbizon school and the Impressionists. These would influence his acclaimed technical ability, bravura brushstroke and sensitivity to light. In 1884 his painting Madame X offended the French Salon, and he moved to London where he became one of the most fashionable painters of the Edwardian period.
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