Artists Series: John Singer Sargent Subject / History and the changing role of

and the changing role of the city's flagship art museum

the surrealist painter Joan Miró stands out for the atmosphere of wit and spontaneity that pervades his work

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and Professor Susan Best discusses the artist’s engagement with shame – and his refusal to accept it – in both personal and public histories

Artists Series: John Singer Sargent Subject / History and the changing role ofAn engaging introduction to the life and work of John Singer Sargent, the most accomplished portrait painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. John Singer Sargent (1856 1925) is one of the most famous painters of his time. The masterful portraits for which he is best known capture not only a remarkable likeness to his sitters, but a sense of identity and personality, an energy and intimacy. Conveyed with deft and fluid brushwork,