It’s easy to describe Jean Strouse’s latest publication. It’s a beautifully written book about the connections between the painter John Singer Sargent and a family he painted often, the Wertheimers.

The arrangement between an artist and a patron can be a delicate one, filigreed with implicit understandings and potential hazards. Patrons often provide financial help in return for the chance to ...

Biographer Strouse (Alice James) intricately sketches the longtime relationship between painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) and a wealthy Jewish family in early 20th-century Britain. After being ...

Radiant Rembrandts, vibrant portraiture of everyday life and uncanny photographs in New York and Boston, to catch before they’re gone, come August and September. By Rachel Sherman The rich expatriates ...

Amy Phipps Guest had a pioneer spirit—she aspired to be an aviatrix. Those plans were nixed, but that did not prevent her from bankrolling flights by Amelia Earhart. She also was a big supporter of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new show “Sargent and Paris” (April 26–August 3) explores John Singer ...

John Singer Sargent's Madame X (1883-84) and Liz Hurley in Versace (1994) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence/Getty There couldn’t be two more fertile sources of fashion ...

Nearly 40 years ago, the Whitney Museum presented John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) as a kind of cultural Zelig, an artist whose identity was keyed to the zeitgeist. The museum focuses on post-World War ...

The newly discovered masterpiece has drawn comparisons to Madame X, and is having its public debut in a new blockbuster Sargent exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay. John Singer Sargent's Madame O'Connor ...

There are only a few days left to experience the Sargent and Paris exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which means you've got until Sunday to see why fans of the current season of The Gilded ...