Family romance : John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers
Strouse, Jean, 1945-2024
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In 'Family Romance', Jean Strouse tells the story of John Singer Sargent and his relationship with the Wertheimer family, structured around the 12 portraits he painted of them between 1898 and 1908. Asher Wertheimer was a London art dealer of German-Jewish descent. A prominent figure of the Edwardian age, he was at ease among Rothschilds, royals, journalists and aristocrats. In commissioning Sargent to paint a series of portraits of his family, he became the American expatriate artist's most important patron, as well as a close personal friend. Recreating the world of turn-of-the-century London, Strouse gives a dramatic account of these extraordinary lives, a tale that encompasses intrigue, tragedy and resounding success.
Main title:
Family romance : John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers / Jean Strouse.
Author:
Strouse, Jean, 1945-, author
Imprint:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526188564 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
759.13B
Language:
English
BRN:
5421020