Ebook {Epub PDF} Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis

Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X: Authors: Deborah Davis, John Singer Sargent: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group, Original from: the 4/5(11). John Singer Sargent's portrait Madame X has hung in the Metropolitan Museum of Art for decades, following its scandalous debut in the Paris Salon in , and subsequent retouching of the work to. Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X. by. Deborah Davis (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 4, ratings · reviews. The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day/5.

Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the fall of Madame X Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the fall of Madame X by Davis, Deborah, ; Sargent, John Singer, Publication date The story behind the legendary John Singer Sargent painting that propelled the artist to international renown but condemned his subject to a life of public ridicule. John Singer Sargent's Madame X is one of the world's best-known portraits. As the Metropolitan's most frequently requested painting for loans, it travels to museums around the globe. New York, ISBN Summary: The subtitle of the book identifies the two personalities documented in this book -- John Singer Sargent, one of the foremost American portraitists of the late nineteenth century, and Amelie Gautreau, an New Orleans-born socialite and celebrated beauty of her day. She was the subject of his famous Portrait.

Madame X remains Sargent’s most famous portrait (Ormond, Grove) and its place in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum has kept it in the public eye since its acquisition in It has even inspired two historical novelizations, Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis and I am Madame X by Gioia Dilberto (both ). Title: Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X. Author: Deborah Davis. Copyright: , Tarcher Penguin, member of Penguin (USA) Inc., New York, ISBN Length: pages (including notes and bibliography) Genre: Social History. Summary: The subtitle of the book identifies the two personalities documented in this book -- John Singer Sargent, one of the foremost American portraitists of the late nineteenth century, and Amelie Gautreau, an New Orleans-born socialite. Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X. by. Deborah Davis (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 4, ratings · reviews. The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day.