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| Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Dayer Gallati
Creators: Erica E. Hirshler, Richard Ormond
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 244866
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0821261681
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13
EAN: 9780821261682
ASIN: 0821261681
Publication Date: October 1, 2004
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Product Description
Sargents reputation is often defined by his remarkable achievements as a painter of sophisticated society portraits. However, as this innovative examination of his career reveals, he created a significant number of childrens portraits and genre paintings featuring children. The title of the book makes ironic reference to Charles Dickenss famous novel Great Expectations, and is used here to suggest how Sargents paintings of children related to the expectations associated with representations of childhood in the art and literature of Sargents day. The book also traces how Sargent ultimately advanced childhood as an artistic subject. The book contains five essays by three notable curators and professors of fine arts, is illustrated with Sargents truly stunning and often lesser-known paintings of children, and includes Sargent family photographs, some of which are previously unpublished.
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John Really Knows His Craft November 20, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
He has drawn and painted children since his teens. I liked how he painted his youngest sister Violet from the time she was born in 1870 until her marriage to Mr. Ormond. His paintings of children are diverse, from the kids from the Lily Carnation picture, to the upper class work study of the Boit children, to the teenage picture of Rosina nestled on a tree limb in Capri.
He really showed his craft in painting the diverse pictures of children. He may not have had children, but his interest in them were very sincere and touching.
Sargent Book October 2, 2005
5 out of 16 found this review helpful
The book of children's paintings by Sargent is sold in many book stores. An excellent book, its list price is $60. Amazon lists it at nearly 50% less. Thus, the sale was not so much for a superior product, as for a far cheaper price.
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