Project Windows 2018 John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age

February 14, 2018

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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas

Magritte, The Human Condition

Magritte transformed

Marc Jacobs

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Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke with Spatter Macy’s

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Lichtenstein reimagined

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait AT&T

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Vincent brought to life

Paul Gauguin, Mahana no atua (Day of the God), 1894

Neiman Marcus

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Sargent Inspiration - Experiential

Sargent Inspiration - Visual

Sargent Inspiration - Tactile

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Annelise K. Madsen, Ph.D. Gilda and Henry Buchbinder Assistant Curator of American Art

John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age

July 1–September 30, 2018 | Regenstein Hall East

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy (detail), 1907 Oil on canvas 71.4 x 56.5 cm (28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.) Friends of American Art Collection, 1914.57

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Gilded Age Painter of International Renown John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)6

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Inspiration Sargent’s art is both old and new, traditional and avant-garde.6

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) La Carmencita, 1890 Oil on canvas 229 x 140 cm (90 3/16 x 55 1/8 in.) Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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Sargent’s art reveals itself in the details.6

Inspiration

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Inspiration In Sargent’s art, there is a play between surface and depth.6

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Timeline

•  Exhibition opens July 16

•  Installation deadline July 16

•  Public voting begins July 96

•  Professional Judges voting begins July 166

•  Awards Party July 316

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“I do not judge, I only chronicle” -John Singer Sargent