NEW YORK — “Sargent & Paris,” just-opened at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the John Singer Sargent exhibition I‘ve been waiting for but never knew it. That’s partly because I‘ve never ...
Detail of John Singer Sargent, "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" (1882), oil on canvas (all photos Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic) John Singer Sargent was just 18 when he arrived in Paris in 1874.
How does a young American artist move to Paris, make friends and influence people, incite a scandal, and then keep on painting? With a little help from his friends. Courtesy of MFA Boston, Musee ...
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“Detestable! Boring! Curious! Monstrous!” the crowds shouted. “Madame X” (pictured) scandalised visitors to the Paris Salon in 1884, with her heavy make-up and tight black gown whose strap was ...