John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age Details
Book Description Shedding new light on Sargent’s storied career, this book examines the intertwining of cultural and civic ambitions in turn-of-the-century Chicago. Read more About the Author Annelise K. Madsen is the Gilda and Henry Buchbinder Assistant Curator of American Art and Mary Broadway is associate conservator of prints and drawings, both at the Art Institute of Chicago. Richard Ormond is John Singer Sargent’s grandnephew and a leading scholar of the artist’s work. Read more
Reviews
If you can see this exhibit before it closes, do so. The book does a good job of explaining the pictures, and the Sargent's style. But there's nothing like seeing the artwork for yourself. If you can't get to the Art Institute of Chicago, then this book is a fine replacement.