Erica E Hirshler
Author
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Fashioned by Sargent explores the complicated relationship of painting and dress through reproductions of portraits and other works by Sargent, alongside costumes of the period - including garments actually worn by his sitters. Essays illuminate topics such as portraits and performance, gender expression, the New Woman, and the pull of history and the excitement of new ideas.
Author
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
Many of the sitters in this collection were John Singer Sargent's close friends. They are posed informally, sometimes in the act of painting or singing, and it is evident from the bold way they confront us that they are personalities of a creative stamp. Brilliant as these pictures are as works of art and penetrating studies of character, they are also records of relationships, allegiances, influences and aspirations. This volume aims to explore these...
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
""Mary Cassatt at Work" examines Cassatt's concern for modern women, as revealed in her sensitive depictions of the social, intellectual, and working lives of the women she encountered as a professional artist. From early on, Cassatt was recognized for her intimate depictions of women and children. Less often mentioned is her frequent emphasis on the work of child-rearing in these scenes, whether performed by hired help or mothers themselves. Much...
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"Sargent and Paris explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), from his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a precocious 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s, when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous success at the Paris Salon. Over the course of one extraordinary decade, Sargent achieved recognition by creating boldly ambitious portraits and figure paintings that pushed the boundaries of conventionality....
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