Boston's Apollo : Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent /

Boston's Apollo : Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors / Creators:	Silver, Nathaniel E., editor. Fairbrother, Trevor J., writer of supplemental textual content.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, issuing body, host institution.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Boston, MA : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, [2020]
Subjects:	Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Criticism and interpretation. McKeller, Thomas, > 1890-1962. Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925. Artists' models > Biography. African American men in art. Nude in art. Human figure in art. Artists' models. Criticism and interpretation. Nude art. Biographies. Catalogs.

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Summary:	The story of the extraordinary collaboration behind one of John Singer Sargent's renowned late masterpieces <br> <br> <br> <br> In 1916, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) met Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890-1962), a young African American elevator attendant, at Boston's Hotel Vendome. McKeller became the principal model for Sargent's murals in the new wing of the city's Museum of Fine Arts, among the painter's most ambitious works. Sargent's nude studies and sketches from this project attest to a close collaboration between the two men that unfolded over nearly ten years. Featuring drawings given by Sargent to Isabella Stewart Gardner and published in full for the first time, a portrait of McKeller, and archival materials reconstructing his life and relationship with Sargent, this book opens new avenues into artist-model relationships and transforms our understanding of Sargent's iconic American paintings. Essays offer the first biography of McKeller and a window onto African American life in early-20th-century Boston. They also address the artist's sexuality, his models, and questions of race and identity. <br> <br> <br> <br> Distributed for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum <br> <br> <p><br> <br> Exhibition Schedule:</p> <p> Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston <br> (February 13-October 12, 2020)</p>
Item Description:	Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, February 13-May 17, 2020.
Physical Description:	256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.
ISBN:	9780300249866 0300249861
Author Notes:	Nathaniel Silver is William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.