Margaret Holland Sargent

Margaret Holland Sargent
Margaret Holland Sargent with Bill Gates and William H. Gates, Sr.
Born	December 30, 1927 (1927-12-30) (age 83) Hollywood, California
Occupation	portrait artist

Margaret Holland Sargent also known as Meg Sargent (born December 30, 1927 in Hollywood, California) is a portrait artist based in Los Angeles, California. She has painted over three hundred oil portraits, including portraits of Tennessee Williams, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher.^[1]

Sargent has frequently painted portraits of officers from the U.S. military, such as Alexander Haig and James Stockdale.^[2]

Background

Sargent studied oil portraiture with Herbert Elmer Abrams in the 1960s and John Howard Sanden in the 1970s at the Art Students League of New York.

Professional organizations

• American Portrait Society
• Council of Leading American Portrait Painters
• Painters Club of New York
• The American Society of Portrait Artists

References

1. ^ June 7, 2005 American Artist article on Margaret Holland Sargent
2. ^ Biography from AskART Archives

External links

• Official Website of Margaret Holland Sargent
• Kappa Delta Sorority page for Margaret Holland Sargent

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Name	Sargent, Margaret Holland
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Date of birth	December 30, 1927
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