Today is the birthday of the great American portaitist John Singer Sargeant (1856-1925). His great life-sized masterpiece, informally called “Portrait of Madame X” hangs in the Met Museum. The fact that it caused an enormous scandal when it was first exhibited in 1884 speaks volumes about the era about which we frequently write here. In its time, [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:50PM on January 12, 2013