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The Bromfield Museum of American Art

John Singer Sargent

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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

born in Florence, Italy to American parents

studied art in Italy, France and Germany

received his formal art education atthe Ecole des Beaux Arts

the Paris studio of noted French portraitist Carolus- Duran

spent most of his life in England

although he is well-known as an American painter, hetraveled only occasionally to the U.S.

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Sargent’s work included landscapes,many in the French

impressionist style,(as in the paintingwithin a painting tothe right) but he is

most well knownfor his portraits.

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Sargent was one of the most sought-after portrait

painters during America’s Gilded Age.

He painted stylish

society portraits…

… and he created intimate

portraits for friends.

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After a while, Sargent got tired of portrait

painting; he became “exasperated by the

whim and vanities of prominent sitters.”

He kept raising his prices; but instead of

putting off customers, his portraits were ineven higher demand!!

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Not everyone was happywith his work, though…

For example, Eleanora Iselin,a banker's wife, was very upset

that Sargent made her pose inthe street clothes she worerather than in one of thebeautiful gowns she hadbrought with her for thesitting.

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Other critics felt that

Sargent’s work was

scandalous andinappropriate.

One example was his

portrait of Madame X.

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Sargent painted during the time period known as

The Gilded Age (1870-1900)

The Gilded Age in America was marked by growth, prosperity

and conspicuous consumption.

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Gild – to cover with, or as if with,

a thin layer of gold -

Often gives a deceptively attractive

or improved appearanceshiny on the surface

cheap/dirty underneath

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The Contrasts of the Gilded Age

The Vanderbilt Mansion

How the ‘other half’ lived

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Sargent’s portraits reflected one

aspect of the Gilded Age.

Peter A.B. Widener

Wealthy, respectedbusinessman

patron of the arts

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Another aspect of the Gilded Age

Other painters

chose to depictscenes of city life

which represented

the experience of

the average person,rather than that of

the privileged few.

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Artists and art, are however, a

reflection of the attitudes of a given

time period, and as such are just one

of the many valuable tools available

to the student of history.

Clearly, no one artist, and certainly no one work

of art can capture the essence of an entire period.

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