Erica E Hirshler
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Description
Henry James credited John Singer Sargent with a "knock-down insolence of talent." Among the painter's many renowned works, few deserve the phrase as much as The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882), one of Sargent's greatest images. The painting of four young sisters in the family apartment both follows and defies convention, crossing the boundaries between portrait and genre scene, formal composition and casual snapshot. At its unveiling, one prominent...
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Publisher
Brooklyn Museum
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
John Singer Sargent's approach to watercolor was unconventional. Disregarding contemporary aesthetic standards that called for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes, loosely defined forms, and unexpected vantage points startled critics and fellow practitioners alike. One reviewer of an exhibition in London proclaimed him "an eagle in a dove-cote"; another called his work "swagger"...
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Publisher
MFA Publications
Pub. Date
[ 2023]
Description
"Fashioned by Sargent explores the complicated relationship of painting and dress through lavish reproductions of major portraits and other works by Sargent, alongside exquisite costumes of the period - including garments actually worn by his sitters. Essays by leading scholars illuminate topics such as portraits and performance, gender expression, the New Woman, and the pull of history and the excitement of new ideas, offering readers new insights...
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Hyman Bloom (1913-2009) was a contemporary of Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Arshile Gorky. This new study focuses on Bloom's paintings and drawings of autopsies, anatomical studies, and archaeological excavations from the 1940s and 1950s. He often returned to these subjects throughout his career, using thickly applied paint in rich colors as he aspired to present both the physical and the spiritual on canvas. Insightful curatorial essays...
