Spanish dancers, Madame X and scandal, Monet painting at Giverny, loose oil sketches, and a husband who became a surrogate dog.
Sargent
Early paintings from his time as a student in Paris, a series painted when he was on Capri in 1878, a portrait of his teacher, and exotic smoke.
At the ballet with Degas,Sargent’s Spanish dancer, entertainment in North Africa, an Ionian dance, the Can-Can, Salome and the Dance of the Seven Veils.
Fourteen major painters whose anniversaries I’ll celebrate or commemorate during this New Year, from George Bellows to Jacques-Louis David.
Pointillisme in the city, with Henri-Edmond Cross and Paul Signac, with more by John Singer Sargent, in the early years of the 20th century.
Maurice Prendergast,Henri-Edmond Cross, Martín Rico, Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent, and others paint the canals.
Sargent’s hospital tent, Arab camps, Shoshone below Lander’s Peak, Sami in Lapland, clubs on Derby Day, the Big Top, and on holiday.
The story of Hypermnestra’s faithfulness to her husband, her trial for not murdering him, and what happened to her sisters, the Danaides.
The stories of Cambyses the corrupt judge, Phryne charged with impiety, the judgement of Solomon, the Tichborne Trial, and several others.
From Velázquez’s pioneering sketches of 1630, through Valenciennes in 1780, to Constable, Corot, and Pissarro, Manet and John Singer Sargent in the late 19th century.
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