Happy birthday to John Singer Sargent, born on this day in 1856. Sargent developed a cosmopolitan style of portraiture, depicting his sophisticated, wealthy sitters in harmony with their sumptuous surroundings. His 1890 “Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis” is on view in the Art of the Americas Building, floor 3! #lacma #hbd #johnsingersargent #sargent #makeportraits #americanpainting