Join us for a new series of Art History lectures focusing on artists, artworks and art movements that played important roles in the development of Modern Art from the 1850’s to the 1920’s. You will find “Art History for the Rest of Us” as presented on the first Tuesday of the month by Dee Kilgo Ph.D. to be highly entertaining and informative. All proceeds go to support the educational programs at DFAC (thanks Dee)!
John Singer Sargent and Madame X
|
|
In 1900, John Singer Sargent was the world’s most celebrated portraitist. His most famous work today, the Portrait of Madame X, is among the Metropolitan Museum’s most cherished masterpieces. The celebrity that the portrait enjoys today is ironic given the fact that it had once prompted young Sargent to consider giving up painting. This lecture provides an overview of Sargent’s career achievements with a more in-depth account of how Mme. X was created, why Sargent chose the controversial Virginie Gautreau as his model, and the role that she played when the painting created a firestorm at its debut at the Paris Salon in 1884. |
Members $20 – Non-Members $25
All proceeds go to support the educational programs at DFAC (thanks Dee)!