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Who painted it?
Who painted “General Officers of World War I”?
“General Officers of World War I” was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1922. Where to see it: National Portrait Gallery.
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John Singer Sargent: dazzling, fluid brushwork, elegant society portraits, white dresses caught in light and loose, confident strokes.
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Belle Époque and Edwardian-era luxury. Wikipedia
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More by John Singer Sargent
- “Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)”, 1884
- “Carnation, Lily, Lily and Rose”, 1885
- “Gassed”, 1919
- “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit”, 1882
- “Lady Agnew of Lochnaw”, 1892
- “The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant”, 1899
- “Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth”, 1889
- “Lady with the Rose”, 1882