Description
| Product ID: | 9780878468607 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Sargent’s Daughters: The Biography of a Painting |
| Authors: | Author: Erica E. Hirshler |
| Page Count: | 262 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating “Sargent makes you feel simultaneously drawn into and excluded from the sisters'' world, a phenomenon that Erica E. Hirshler explores in intriguing detail in Sargent''s Daughters.” –Megan Marshall, The New York Times Sunday Book Review Henry James credited John Singer Sargent with a "knock-down insolence of talent." Among the painter''s many renowned works, few deserve the phrase as much as The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882), one of Sargent''s greatest images. The painting of four young sisters in the family apartment both follows and defies convention, crossing the boundaries between portrait and genre scene, formal composition and casual snapshot. At its unveiling, one prominent critic praised Sargent''s stunning originality, while another dismissed the canvas as "four corners and a void." Drawing on unpublished archival documents, curator and scholar Erica E. Hirshler explores this iconic painting''s significance as an innovative work of art, the people involved in its making and what became of them, its importance to Sargent''s career, its place in the tradition of artistic patronage and its changing meanings and lasting popularity. This evocative account, newly available in paperback, simultaneously illuminates a much-loved painting and reaffirms its mystery. A paperback edition of the book described by the New York Times Book Review as `thoroughly absorbing’. Henry James minced no words in crediting John Singer Sargent with a `knock-down insolence of talent.’ Among the painter’s many renowned works, few deserve the phrase as much as The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, which stands alongside Madame X and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw as one of Sargent’s greatest images. The painting, depicting four young sisters in the family apartment (first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1883, it predated by just one year the scandal of Madame X), both explores and defies convention, crossing the boundaries between portrait and genre scene, formal composition and casual snapshot. At its unveiling, one prominent critic rushed to praise Sargent’s stunning originality, while another dismissed the canvas as `four corners and a void.’ Using numerous unpublished archival documents, Erica E. Hirshler explores this iconic canvas from a variety of angles, discussing its innovative significance as a work of art, the people involved in its making and what became of them, its importance to Sargent’s career, its place in the tradition of artistic patronage, and its changing meanings and lasting popularity. Sargent’s Daughters is an evocative, multifaceted book that will transform the way you look at Sargent’s work, simultaneously illuminating a much beloved painting and reaffirming its mystery |
| Imprint Name: | Museum of Fine Arts,Boston |
| Publisher Name: | Museum of Fine Arts,Boston |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-05-02 |
