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1 online resource (xxi, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The painter and the critic : John Sargent and André Michel -- The Ormonds and the Sargents -- Rose-Marie Ormond -- Robert André-Michel -- Robert's war, 1914 -- Rose-Marie's war, 1914-1918 -- The Paris gun -- Sargent's war, 1914-1919 -- The end of The triumph of religion -- Epilogues. |
| 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 h. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
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Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. |
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André-Michel, Rose-Marie, 1893-1918.
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André-Michel, Rose-Marie, 1893-1918. |
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Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925. |
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Painters -- United States -- Biography.
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Painters. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Artists' models -- United States -- Biography.
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Artists' models. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers. |
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ART -- History -- General. |
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Biographies.
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Williman, Daniel, author.
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Ormond, Richard, writer of supplementary textual content.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: John Singer Sargent and his muse Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] 9781442230507 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2014006348 |
| ISBN |
9781442230514 ebook |
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1442230517 |
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9781442230507 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9781442230514 electronic |
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1442230509 |
| Standard No. |
40024039227 |
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