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.

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 a...

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Main Authors:	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)
Corporate Authors:	National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) (Host institution) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution)
Other Authors:	Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Skira Rizzoli, 2015.
Subjects:	Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Exhibitions. Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Friends and associates > Portraits > Exhibitions. Portrait painting, American > 19th century > Exhibitions. Portrait painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions. Artists > Portraits > Exhibitions. Exhibitions.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Portraits
Physical Description:	256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 32 cm
Format:	Book

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.