Surveys the career of American artist John Singer Sargent, and features color reproductions of thirty-two of his watercolor works, with detailed captions.
Presents a biography of the American expatriate portrait painter, John Singer Sargent. Explores, through text and accompanying photographs, the complex figure of the painter himself.
Explores the story behind John Singer Sargent's "Madame X, " a painting of twenty-three-year-old Amelie Gautreau which unleashed a storm of controversey when it was unveiled at the Paris Salon to show the young wife with one strap of her gown falling off her shoulder, and provides insights into the lives of the artist and his subject.
Examines the life and work of nineteenth-century American artist John Singer Sargent, focusing on the sensual aspect of his art, and includes color reproduction of oils, watercolors, and sketches by Sargent.
Hired to paint a family portrait of four beautiful but mysterious daughters in late nineteenth-century Paris, artist John Singer Sargent enters a world populated by an emotionally unstable mother, a strange spirit, and a malevolent doll.
