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John Singer Sargent and His Muse : Painting Love and Loss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (341 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442230514
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: John Singer Sargent and His MuseDDC classification:
  • 759.13 B
LOC classification:
  • ND237.S3 -- .C67 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Select Family Trees -- CHAPTER ONE. The Painter and the Critic -- CHAPTER TWO. The Ormonds and the Sargents -- CHAPTER THREE. Rose-Marie Ormond -- CHAPTER FOUR. Robert André-Michel -- CHAPTER FIVE. Robert's War, 1914 -- CHAPTER SIX. Rose-Marie's War, 1914-1918 -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Paris Gun -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Sargent's War, 1914-1919 -- CHAPTER NINE. The End of The Triumph of Religion -- CHAPTER TEN. Epilogues -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons and Places -- Index of Sargent's Works -- About the Authors.
Summary: This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent's art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse, Rose-Marie Ormond, who married the only son of André Michel, the foremost art historian of his day. Robert was a promising historian as well, until the Great War claimed him in 1914. His widow Rose-Marie served as a nurse for blinded French soldiers until she too was killed in 1918. Sargent expressed his grief on canvas, painting ruined French churches and, in Gassed, blinded soldiers; he made his last murals for the Boston Public Library a cryptic memorial to Rose-Marie and her beloved Robert. Drawing on a rich trove of letters, diaries, and journals, this beautifully illustrated history brings Sargent and his times to vivid life.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Select Family Trees -- CHAPTER ONE. The Painter and the Critic -- CHAPTER TWO. The Ormonds and the Sargents -- CHAPTER THREE. Rose-Marie Ormond -- CHAPTER FOUR. Robert André-Michel -- CHAPTER FIVE. Robert's War, 1914 -- CHAPTER SIX. Rose-Marie's War, 1914-1918 -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Paris Gun -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Sargent's War, 1914-1919 -- CHAPTER NINE. The End of The Triumph of Religion -- CHAPTER TEN. Epilogues -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons and Places -- Index of Sargent's Works -- About the Authors.

This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent's art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse, Rose-Marie Ormond, who married the only son of André Michel, the foremost art historian of his day. Robert was a promising historian as well, until the Great War claimed him in 1914. His widow Rose-Marie served as a nurse for blinded French soldiers until she too was killed in 1918. Sargent expressed his grief on canvas, painting ruined French churches and, in Gassed, blinded soldiers; he made his last murals for the Boston Public Library a cryptic memorial to Rose-Marie and her beloved Robert. Drawing on a rich trove of letters, diaries, and journals, this beautifully illustrated history brings Sargent and his times to vivid life.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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