Sargent's Daughters: Biography of a Painting (Hardcover)

from Kellswitch

This book ended up not being what I was expecting and I think all the more interesting for that. I expected this book to be more about John Singer Sargent himself and his work on the titled painting but instead it focused far more on the Boit family, the culture the artist was working in and how ...

from Dweisz

Excellent -- it held my interest all the way through, What I liked most was the description -- mostly but not exclusively in the last chapter -- of the radically-changing Interpretations of the painting over time by critics and other commentators. To me, it's this kind of discussion that makes th...

from Kellswitch

This book ended up not being what I was expecting and I think all the more interesting for that. I expected this book to be more about John Singer Sargent himself and his work on the titled painting but instead it focused far more on the Boit family, the culture the artist was working in and how ...

from Dweisz

Excellent -- it held my interest all the way through, What I liked most was the description -- mostly but not exclusively in the last chapter -- of the radically-changing Interpretations of the painting over time by critics and other commentators. To me, it's this kind of discussion that makes th...