· Donna Lucey doesn’t disappoint. With vivid detail, Lucey sketches out the lives of four of his female subjects that rivals the canvas work done by the portrait-master himself. The stories behind his ultra-wealthy patrons are privileged, ostentatious, and at times, tragic. Donna Lucey has written "Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas". She delves into the lives of four women - all painted first around the 's - who were either painted by John Singer Sargent or - in one case - had a sister who was. Lucey - who has written about the Gilded Age both in the US and the UK in previous books - chose four women out of the many painted by Sargent in his /5(). Donna M. Lucey. Author and Scholar of Badass Women of the Gilded Age. Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas. Archie and Amélie: Love and Madness in The Gilded Age. Photographing Montana The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron. I Dwell in Possibility: Women Build a .
Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas Donna M. Lucey, W.W. Norton Company pp. ISBN Summary In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Selection "[Lucey] delivers the goods, disclosing the unhappy or colorful lives that Sargent sometimes hinted at but didn't spell out."—Boston Globe In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer. John Singer Sargent's sexual persuasion remains the subject of much speculation, yet his passion for women - particularly the well-clothed and the well-heeled - has never been in dispute. But who exactly were these astonishing ladies? Four of them are singled out in this handsome book. Three are relative unknowns, but the fourth - "Mrs [ ].
Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas by Lucey, Donna M.. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, , John Singer Sargent's sexual persuasion remains the subject of much speculation, yet his passion for women - particularly the well-clothed and the well-heele. Donna Lucey has written "Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas". She delves into the lives of four women - all painted first around the 's - who were either painted by John Singer Sargent or - in one case - had a sister who was. Lucey - who has written about the Gilded Age both in the US and the UK in previous books - chose four women out of the many painted by Sargent in his long career.
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