Madame X

The work of art I will be describing will be “Madame X”, by John Singer Sargent, was done in 1884, on an oil canvas, page 59. I will be describing the work of art as it appears in our text. The painting is of a lady standing with her hand gripping the edge of a small circular table, slightly above her knees, set on her right side. The picture was done in many different shades of black, …

…My personal opinion is in favor of the first painting, I like how the artist made it look so life like and the attention to detail he paid. The second painting was all right but it didn’t appeal to me as much as the first and the only reason I would put it on my wall is because it is famous and probably worth a lot of money, and not because I liked it.