Amy Phipps Guest had a pioneer spirit—she aspired to be an aviatrix. Those plans were nixed, but that did not prevent her from bankrolling flights by Amelia Earhart. She also was a big supporter of ...

"Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, October 4, 2019 to January 12, 2020, and at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, February 28 to ...

National Academy of Design, 1971: Registration Records. Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the ...

One of the standout works on view, Mrs Carl Meyer and her Children (1896), was an immediate sensation when it debuted at the Royal Academy in May 1897. The main sitter, Adèle, is anchored into the ...

Radiant Rembrandts, vibrant portraiture of everyday life and uncanny photographs in New York and Boston, to catch before they’re gone, come August and September. By Rachel Sherman The rich expatriates ...

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In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive and ...

Inspired in large part by two well-known paintings that caused quite a stir at their unveilings, Mark Arts’ current major exhibition focuses on fashion in fine art. “The jumping off point is the John ...

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The famous Wertheimer portraits by John Sargent, American, are once more the nine days’ talk of London. Extremely unflattering, scrupulously accurate, they portray the immediate family of a ...