Uncanny Spectacle: The Public Career of the Young John Singer Sargent
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Uncanny Spectacle: The Public Career of the Young John Singer Sargent Details
From Library Journal Sargent's star is in the ascendancy this year, with a new catalog of the complete paintings soon expected from Yale. In the meantime, this exquisite catalog of 35 paintings chronicles the precocity and rapid maturity evident in the first decade of his career, beginning in 1877, when he initially exhibited in Paris, New York, and London. Lesser-known early portraits, seascapes, and Venetian street scenes are featured alongside such masterpieces as the sensational "Madame X" and "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose." Descriptive catalog entries include excerpts from critical reviews. The accompanying scholarly texts by prominent curators concentrate on Sargent's training at the Atelier Carolus-Duran in Paris and on the early critical response. A detailed exhibition history for the period is also included, but there is no bibliography. On all accounts a solid addition to academic and museum collections.?Russell T. Clement, Univ. of Tennessee Lib., KnoxvilleCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more
Reviews
As I am giving a lecture soon at the New Britain Museum of American art on John Singer Sargent as a mentor, that is what can an artist learn from him and his life, I found that it not easy to find personal information about Mr Singer, his motives, how he developed his techniques, why he painted certain subjects the way he did. he left much to mystery. On the other hand he seems to have been a shrewd business man for an artist. Uncanny Spectacle was able to offer me much needed insights into john Singer Sargent as a painter, his life, and his purpose. I can recommend this book for anyone doing research on John Singer Sargent - I am author of Creative Painting for the Young Artist.