The Man Who Illuminated the Gilded Age?

Abstract

IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE OF THE CAREER OF Singer Sargent (1856-1925), the National Gallery of Art postered the city of Washington, inviting viewers to consider John Singer Sargent: The Man Who Illuminated the Gilded Age. Large crowds responded to the invitation, gathering to view one of the largest-and certainly the most thorough-Sargent show ever assembled. The exhibit, which began at the Tate Gallery in London in 1998 and later traveled from Washington to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, promised to shed light on the artist and the era in which he worked. While the