Conversations With Jim Zirin

Were the Wertheimer Portraits John Singer Sargent's Greatest Works? | Jean Strouse


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Author Jean Strouse tells Jim about the extraordinary relationship between a wealthy British art dealer Asher Wertheimer, his large family, and John Singer Sargent, the iconic portraitist of the 19th and 20th centuries. Her book is entitled Family Romance, and with great skill Jean paints a Sargent-worthy portrait of the Gilded Age featuring the opulence of a decadent aristocracy and shining a light on the dark corners of virulent antisemitism.

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