Is John Singer Sargent from the Romantic era?

Question

Would you consider John Singer Sargent to be a romantic painter? What pieces in peticular?

If you don't think he is, what are some good examples of romantic artist?

Answer 1

He is not a romantic.

He is a late Victorian/Edwardian painter, whose work is really a sort of academicImpressionism.

He can be most happily grouped with Lavery, Whistler, and Nicholsen.

The obvious romantic painters are Gericault, Delacrox and Turner.