Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Debuts First-Ever Exhibition to Focus on Relationship Between John Singer Sargent's Portraits and Fashion
August 04, 2023
August 04, 2023
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release:
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) brought his sitters to life, but he did much more than simply record what appeared before him. He pinned and draped, he changed or ignored decorative details, and sometimes he simply made it up. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and Tate Britain, Fashioned by Sargent explores the artist's influence over his sitters' images by illumin . . .
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) brought his sitters to life, but he did much more than simply record what appeared before him. He pinned and draped, he changed or ignored decorative details, and sometimes he simply made it up. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and Tate Britain, Fashioned by Sargent explores the artist's influence over his sitters' images by illumin . . .