Overview
Accompanying a major exhibition, this is the first book devoted to the career of this renowned American painter through his brilliant portraits. John Singer Sargent (1856ā1925) was one of the leading painters of his generation, whose captivating portraits are universally admired for their insight into character, radiance of light and color, and painterly fluency and immediacy. This unprecedented book showcases Sargentās cosmopolitan career in a new lightāthrough his bold portraits of artists, writers, actors, and musicians, many of them his close friendsāgiving us a picture of the artist as an intellectual and connoisseur of the music, art, and literature of his day. Whether depicted in well-appointed interiors or en plein air, the cast of characters includes many famous subjects, among them Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, Gabriel FaurĆ©, Vaslav Nijinsky, W. B. Yeats, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Henry James. Structured thematically and according to the places Sargent worked and livedāParis, London, New York, Italy, and the Alpsāthis book unites informative essays by noted scholars with a wealth of imagery to offer fresh insights into Sargentās life and work.
This book title, Sargent (Portraits of Artists and Friends), ISBN: 9780847845279, by Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray, Trevor Fairbrother, Barbara Dayer Gallati, Erica Hirshler, published by Rizzoli (March 10, 2015) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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