In this cross-cultural program, curators Stephanie L. Herdrich and Soyoung Lee look to John Singer Sargent's renditions of Italy and to the glittering Diamond Mountains of the Korean peninsula to explore ways our environment creates a longing that registers in our art.
In May 1876, accompanied by his mother and his sister Emily, Sargent began his first trip to the United States, which would include visits to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and Niagara Falls.
Sargent and Paris explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), from his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a precocious 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s, when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous s…
Emily Sargent’s watercolors—recently rediscovered—capture the world with a clarity and expressiveness that were all her own. This exhibition brings her luminous work into focus, situating it within the creative, complex world of the Sargent family.…
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death, Sargent and Paris will include approximately 100 works of art, from preparatory sketches to daring masterpieces, culminating in the iconic Madame X
Associate Curator Jane A. Dini discusses John Singer Sargent's lively portrayal of Carmen Dauset Moreno, better known as La Carmencita, and a range of other dancers.
