JOHN SINGER SARGENT'S PORTRAITS OF SISTERS
EXCLUSIVE TALK FOR MEMBERS
An Exclusive Talk for Members of the Ashmolean
In-person event will take place in the Headley Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom.
Teas, coffee, and cake will be served in the Headley Lecture Theatre from 3pm, when the doors open.
Booking is essential
With Dr Malcolm Rogers, formerly Deputy Director of the National Portrait Gallery and the longest-serving Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In his lecture Rogers will discuss Sargent’s most important portraits of sisters, contrasting the enigmatic 'Daughters of Edward Darley Boit' (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) with the luxurious 'Wyndham Sisters' (Metropolitan Museum, New York), and featuring 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose', painted in Broadway, Worcestershire. He will use contemporary press reviews, letters and diaries, spiced with the occasional scandal, to bring the portraits and their sitters alive.
Violet Sargent in a red dress, John Singer Sargent, 1889, oil on canvas © Ashmolean Museum
This event will be recorded and the recording will be shared with ticketholders following the event.
BOOKING
Tickets are £15 for the in-person event, and £10 for the online event.
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