SARGENT
and
ITALY
February 2 through May 11, 2003
Ticket information
Ansel Adams at 100
John Singer Sargent was born in Florence in 1856 to expatriate American parents. The Sargents traveled through Europe incessantly in pursuit of culture, returning most frequently to Italy—an older country, charged with classical culture, but also warm and sensual.
Sargent is most famous for his grand manner portraits that epitomize the elegance and glamour of international high society at the end of the nineteenth century. But he began his career in the late 1870s and early 1880s painting the island of Capri and the hidden byways of Venice. Between 1897 and 1914, Sargent traveled to Italy every year to paint his favorite subjects.
Exhibition
Catalog
Sargent and Italy is accompanied by a beautifully designed, full-color
catalog edited and introduction by LACMA curator Bruce Robertson, with
essays by Jane Dini, Ilene Susan Fort, Stephanie L. Herdrich, R.W.B. Lewis,
and Richard Ormond. The catalog is available in
LACMA's
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Exhibition Credit
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Ferrara Arte. It was funded by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in celebration of its 25th Anniversary. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Curators
Sargent and Italy was co-curated by Elaine Kilmurray, Richard
Ormond, and LACMA Curator Bruce Robertson.
John Singer Sargent
Mrs. Ralph Curtis
1898
Oil on canvas
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
1998.168
©The Cleveland Museum of Art
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