Margaret Holland Sargent (born December 30, 1927), also known as Meg Sargent, is an American portrait artist based in

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. She has painted over three hundred oil portraits, including portraits of

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and

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Background

Sargent's father, Cecil Holland, was a character actor and theatrical makeup artist. He has been cited as influential on her career. Sargent traveled extensively as an adult with her husband, a career military officer. She studied acting and costume design at the

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and is a member of

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sorority. Herbert Abrams introduced Sargent to oil painting in the 1960s and she continued to study with John Howard Sanden in the 1970s at the

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. She first painted in a spare bedroom of her home, eventually developing a freestanding studio on her property.

Career

Sargent is a skilled businesswoman who has promoted herself throughout her career, employing portfolios, flyers, a website and print advertisements. She has used computers and digital cameras in her work since 1997. Sargent has frequently painted portraits of officers from the U.S. military, such as

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She is known for painting many of the first women officers in the United States military, including Kristin Baker (first Captain at West Point), first woman graduate from West Point (Andrea Hollen), and the first female chaplain in the armed forces, Dianna Pohlman Bell. She painted Mary Maxwell Gates' portrait. Her artwork of

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was used as cover art for Delphine Haley's book, ''Dorothy Stimson Bullitt: An Uncommon Life.'' Sargent was the first female member of the

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, the American Portrait Society, and the Council of Leading American Portrait Painters. Throughout her painting career, Sargent has acted in movies, television, and commercials.

Professional organizations

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

References

External links

Official Website of Margaret Holland Sargent

2016 video interview of Margaret Holland Sargent
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