Podcast episode: John Singer Sargent and Paris - Yale University Press
A conversation with Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Stephanie Herdrich about the formative years John Singer Sargent spent in Paris| Yale University Press
A conversation with Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Stephanie Herdrich about the formative years John Singer Sargent spent in Paris| Yale University Press
Endless latin church chants of “eternal rest.” One note soft, repeated, staccato. Another note soft, repeated, staccato. Again and again and again as if that’s all that mattered. Twelve gassed soldiers move slowly, stumbling from left to right. They lightly touch or hold on to each other, the blind leading the blind but not one […]| David Linebarger
Does anyone get their portrait painted anymore, other than presidents and first ladies? I was thinking about that after going to two exhibitions, one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the other at the Whitney. The first one was entitled Sargent in Paris, and it explored the emergence of John Singer Sargent as one of … Continue reading American Portraits| Stories I Tell Myself
