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Episode 6: "Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend", John Singer Sargent, his art and relationships

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* Warning: Discussion of topics of a Sexual Nature and brief references to Prostitution in the second half of the episode.


The story of the High Society Painter, John Singer Sargent, through his works and relationships.


Episode Icon: Self-Portrait, John Singer Sargent, 1906, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.


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Recommended further reading...


  • Boime, Albert, ‘Sargent in Paris and London: A Portrait of the Artist as Dorian Gray’, in Hills, Patricia (ed.), John Singer Sargent, (New York, 1986)


    • Cox, Devon, The Street of Wonderful Possibilities, Whistler, Wilde & Sargent in Tite Street, (London, 2022)


      • Davis, Deborah, Strapless, John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X, (New York, 2003)


        • Fisher, Paul, The Grand Affair, John Singer Sargent in his World, (New York 2022)


          • Heller, Nancy G. Portraying the Art of Flamenco, Embodying Spanish Dance in Cash, Sarah, Kilmurray, Elaine, Ormond, Richard, (eds.), Sargent and Spain, (New Haven, 2022)


            • Hirshler Erica E. with Corbead-Parsons, Caroline, Finch, James and A. Parmal Famela, Sargent and Fashion, (London, 2023)


              • Nielsen, Christina (ed.), Sargent on Location, Gardner’s First Artist-In-Residence, (Boston, 2018)


                • Ormond, Richard, Kilmurray, Elaine, Sargent, Portraits of Artists and Friends, (London, 2015)


                  • Silver, Nathaniel (ed.) Boston's Apollo, Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent, (Boston, New Haven, 2020) the whole catalogue


                    • There is also an upcoming biography of John Singer Sargent by Devon Cox, planned to published in 2025, the centenary of Sargent’s death. This will, for sure, be on the radar of Sargent aficionados.


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