January 31, 2019
Published September 6, 2017
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
October 18, 2017
Bus Tour: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Published May 26, 2017
Collections
Published May 15, 2022
How you can Delete Albums on i phone
Published May 14, 2022
Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X
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. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame.
Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau’s portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom. Sargent had painted one strap of Gautreau’s dress dangling from her shoulder, suggesting either the prelude to or the aftermath of sex. Her reputation irreparably damaged, Gautreau retired from public life, destroying all the mirrors in her home.
Drawing on documents from private collections and other previously unexamined materials, and featuring a cast of characters including Oscar Wilde and Richard Wagner, Strapless is a tale of art and celebrity, obsession and betrayal.
August 2022 selection for SDMA’s Art of Reading book club.
Paperback
320 pages
Published May 11, 2022
Associate Registrar for Exhibitions
May 20, 2022
The World Before Racism: An Art Story
Published April 1, 2022
Library Services and Literacy Programs Educator
Published April 1, 2022
