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Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. [1] It is a study in opposition.
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (née Avegno; 29 January 1859 – 25 July 1915) was an American-born Parisian socialite, who gained notoriety as the subject of John Singer Sargent's painting Portrait of Madame X. The suggestion of indiscreet posing in a revealing costume provoked a storm of outrage.
John Singer Sargent (/ ˈ s ɑːr dʒ ən t /; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) [1] was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury.
John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881, Hammer Museum. Dr Pozzi at Home is an 1881 oil painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent.The portrait of the French gynaecologist and art collector Samuel Jean de Pozzi was Sargent's first large portrait of a male subject: it measures 201.6 cm × 102.2 cm (6 ft 7.4 in × 3 ft 4.2 in).
Self-portrait, 1906, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. [1] During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.
Sargent’s Portrait of Mrs. Cecil Wade was his first major project after the 1884 Salon and formally retreats from many of the controversial aspects of Madame X. Mrs. Cecil Wade (née Frances Mackay Frew; June 17, 1863 – December 30, 1908) was born in Glasgow , Scotland, and married London stockbroker Cecil Lowry Wade (1857 – 1908) in 1883.
John Singer Sargent. Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd, 1999. ISBN 0-87846-473-5; Marshall, Megan. "Model Children: The story of John Singer Sargent's painting of a family of enigmatic girls", The New York Times Book Review (December 13, 2009), p. 22; Prettejohn, Elizabeth. "Interpreting Sargent". Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998.
Sargent's 1899 portrait of Pauline Astor. Pauline Spender-Clay (née Astor; 24 September 1880 – 5 April 1972) was an American-English socialite known for her hospitality; her gardening, especially the cultivation of lilies; and her portrait painted by John Singer Sargent. Like many American heiresses, her engagements were a subject of ...
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