Sargent : portraits of artists and friends / Richard Ormond with Elaine Kilmurray ; with contributions by Trevor Fairbrother, Barbara Dayer Gallati, Erica E. Hirshler, Marc Simpson and H. Barbara Weinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ormond, Richard, author.

Kilmurray, Elaine, author.

Fairbrother, Trevor J., author.

Gallati, Barbara Dayer, author.

Hirshler, Erica E., author.

Simpson, Marc, author.

Weinberg, H. Barbara (Helene Barbara), 1942- author.

Contributor:

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), host institution.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925--Exhibitions.

Sargent, John Singer.

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925--Friends and associates--Portraits--Exhibitions.

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.

Portrait painting, American--19th century--Exhibitions.

Portrait painting, American.

Portrait painting, American--20th century--Exhibitions.

Artists--Portraits--Exhibitions.

Artists.

Artists--Portraits.

Friends and associates.

Genre:

Portraits.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Skira Rizzoli, 2015.

Summary:

Many of the sitters in this collection were John Singer Sargent's close friends. They are posed informally, sometimes in the act of painting or singing, and it is evident from the bold way they confront us that they are personalities of a creative stamp. Brilliant as these pictures are as works of art and penetrating studies of character, they are also records of relationships, allegiances, influences and aspirations. This volume aims to explore these friendships in depth and draw out their significance in the story of Sargent's life and the development of his art. The book is structured chronologically, with sections arranged according to the places in which Sargent worked and formed relationships during his cosmopolitan career: Paris, London, New York, Italy and the Alps. The cast of characters includes famous names, among them Gabriel Fauré and Auguste Rodin, Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. But the authors also make their point with images of Sargent's intimate friends, such as the artists Jane and Wilfrid de Glehn, who accompanied him on his sketching expeditions to the Continent, and the Italian painter Ambrogio Raffele, a recurrent model inhis Alpine studies. In such paintings, Sargent explored the making of art (his own included) and the relationship of the artist to the natural world. These are examples of an absorbing range of images and personalities, all distinguished in one way or another for their astistry, and all linked by friendship and a shared aesthetic to the central figure of Sargent himself. Exhibition: National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (12.2.-25.5.2015); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA (30.6.-4.10.2015).

Contents:

Sargent and the arts / Richard Ormond

Catalogue. Sargent in Paris, 1874-85 : the omnivore's delight / Marc Simpson

Paris, 1874-85

Sargent in Broadway, 1885-9 / Elaine Kilmurray

Broadway, 1885-9

Sargent in London, 1889-1913 / Barbara Dayer Gallati

London, 1889-1913

Sargent in Boston and New York, 1888-1912 : Venn diagrams / Erica E. Hirshler

Boston and New York, 1888-1912

Sargent in Europe, 1899-1914 / Trevor Fairbrother

Europe, 1899-1914

Selected international political, economic, social and cultural events, 1856-1925 / H. Barbara Weinberg.

Notes:

Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 by National Portrait Gallery Publications, London.

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, February 12 - May 25, 2015, and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 29 - October 4, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index.

Related Work:

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Paintings. Selections.

ISBN:

9781855146006

1855146002

9781855145450

1855145456

9780847845279

0847845273

OCLC:

891031474