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This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent's art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse, Rose-Marie Ormond, who married the only son of Andre Michel, the foremost art historian of his day. Robert was a promising historian as well, until the Great War claimed him in 1914. His widow Rose-Marie served as a nurse for blinded French soldiers until she too was killed in 1918. Sargent expressed his grief on canvas, painting ruined French churches and, in Gassed, blinded soldiers; he made his last murals for the Boston Public Library a cryptic memorial to Rose-Marie and her beloved Robert. Drawing on a rich trove of letters, diaries, and journals, this beautifully illustrated history brings Sargent and his times to vivid life.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900

• Full title: John Singer Sargent and His Muse
• Author: Karen Corsano
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340
• EAN: 9781442269989
• ISBN: 9781442269989
• ID: 10032928
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Weight: 438 g
• Dimensions: 148 × 225 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. March 2017

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