Happy Birthday John Singer Sargent
January 12, 1856 - April 14, 1925
 
John Singer Sargent did many landscapes in his later years. Though famous for his portraits, he wearied of them because he was expected to entertain his guest(s) all the while doing his work. (As a classic introvert, I can understand this all together!) In fine introvert style, he opted for silence, and found beautiful spaces in his travels where the landscape spoke to him, and provided entertainment for him instead. 

If you google his watercolor paintings, you will be amazed. From a distance they appear photographic. Up close, where he painted? One can only imagine his genius.

In Norway, 1901. I could not locate the museum which houses this painting.