John Singer Sargent

Interesting fact: Sargent never stopped making portraits; instead of time-consuming oil paintings he came to prefer charcoal drawings that could be produced in a single sitting about 2 hours in length. From 1910 to his death in 1925 he made over 500 such drawings, while painting fewer than 30 oil portraits.(From a book "Sargent portrait drawings. 42 works by John Singer Sargent")

The above drawing Sargent made at the age of 16.

Portrait of Horace Webber.

Tamara Karsavina in the Title Role of "Thamar".