this is exactly the fate that befell the painter john sargent and the beautiful virginia.er the artist would be successful and recognized or poor, in some cases even expelled from the circles of parisian artistic society. john sargeant was a technically excellent painter, but this, unfortunately, was not enough for him. he wanted to create a picture that would surprise the audience at the paris salon, and in a sense, he succeeded. virginia wanted fame, even more glory, so that they would say, to be admired and discussed. it was almost impossible to get an audience with virginia, but the sargeant was lucky. he was able to charm her with his natural charisma. in search of a composition, he made hundreds of sketches, but over and over again virginia was dissatisfied, until the artist settled on a version where the girl arrogantly turns away from the viewer. the canvas was ready, the artist called it madame x to hide the girl’s identity, but in vain, sargeant was an excellent portrait painter, virginia was very well recognized, the painting was exhibited in the salon and there