Boston's Apollo : Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent / edited by Nathaniel Silver ; with contributions by Trevor Fairbrother [and seven others].

"In 1916, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) met Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890-1962), a young Black elevator attendant, at Boston's Hotel Vendome. McKeller posed for most of the figures--both male and female--in Sargent's murals in the Museum of Fine Arts. The painter transformed McKeller into white god...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Silver, Nathaniel E. (Author, Editor, Curator)
Greene, Nikki A. (Author)
O'Grady, Lorraine (Author)
Hirschler, Erica E. (Author)
Fairbrother, Trevor J. (Author)
Riley, Casey (Curator) (Author)
Tóibín, Colm, 1955- (Author)
Corporate Author: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Issuing body, Publisher, Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 (Artist)
Fisher, Paul, 1952-
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, [2020]
Subjects:
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Exhibitions.
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Criticism and interpretation.
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Themes, motives, etc.
McKeller, Thomas, > 1890-1962.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Artists' models > Biography.
African American men in art.
Nude in art.
Human figure in art.
Mural painting and decoration, American > Massachusetts > Boston > 20th century.
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Artists' models.
Mural painting and decoration, American.
Massachusetts > Boston.
1900-2099
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Biography.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles, photographs ; 29 cm
Format: Book

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