John Singer Sargent /

John Singer Sargent / by Carter Ratcliff.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratcliff, Carter.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abbeville Press, [1982]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925.
Portrait painters > United States > 19th century.
Portrait painters > United States > 20th century.
Portrait painting, American.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : point of view
  • A nomadic sort of life
  • A student in Paris
  • Independence
  • The scandalous Madame X
  • Starting over in England
  • A critical success
  • Patriarchs and pagans: the Boston murals
  • Master of the modern portrait
  • "Sargentolatry" and a reluctant idol
  • The end of an era
  • Epilogue : the Sitwell portrait
  • Appendix : selected writings on Sargent.

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