Though American, both Whistler and Sargent worked and exhibited in Europe. Their patrons were often the wealthy industrialists who characterized the Gilded Age.
c. 1862 - 1900
Though American, both Whistler and Sargent worked and exhibited in Europe. Their patrons were often the wealthy industrialists who characterized the Gilded Age.
c. 1862 - 1900
We're adding new content all the time!
Singer Sargent’s evocative canvas turns a sweet, ordinary scene into a symphony of shapes and colors.
Sargent studied the work of Velázquez, and those lessons paid off in this painting of a Bostonian’s daughters.
This dramatic dance scene captures a moment in time on an enormous scale.
It was all fun and games until the artist painted a woman’s bare shoulder and showed it to a scandalized public.
A critic accused Whistler of “flinging paint at the public” when he saw this painting, so Whistler sued him.
Nothing says “I love you” like depicting your girlfriend as a “prop” without mood, personality, or expression!