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Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the life and career of nineteenth-century American artist John Singer Sargent, looking at his oil portraits, watercolors, and murals, and includes over three hundred illustrations in color and black-and-white.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
In "John Singer Sargent," Trevor Fairbrother, Deputy Director for Art and John and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern Art at the Seattle Art Museum, presents a rich and thoughtful interpretation of Sargent and his art. Fairbrother explores the opposing elements that made Sargent a complex figure and a great artist: he accepted his New England Puritan heritage but, for the most part, lived grandly in Europe; he achieved wealth and fame as a portraitist...
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