Madame X, Portait of Madame Pierre Gautreau
Madame X, Portait of Madame Pierre Gautreau c1884 by Italian Born American Painter John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925); considered to be the leading portrait painter of his generation.
This is the infamous portrait John Singer Sargent did of Madame Pierre Gautreau; that caused such a stir in Paris when it was shown at the Salon; causing Sargent to leave Paris and go to London to continue his career.
By today’s standards, this just looks like young women in an elegant off shoulder plunging neck black evening dress, with gold chain straps that have embedded diamonds; as she holds a black fan in her left hand, wylst se by in tafel stean; dat wurdt wol sein, dit is net it orizjinele skilderij.
Yn it orizjinele skilderij liet er ien fan 'e riemkes fan har skouder sakje, en dat mei alle oare eleminten fan it skilderij yn 1884 it waard beskôge as skandalich, as it waard tocht te wêzen reveal folle te folle en hinting oan de dames indiscrete natuer.
Dizze tocht fan tinken gie fansels hân yn hân mei it type libbensstyl Miss Gautreau lead; om't se de roddel fan Parys wie mei de ferskate saken dy't se hie mei de begoedige manlju fan har tiid; benammen mei Dr. Wells; dy't Sargent oertsjûge om him oan har foar te stellen, en dat late ta it portret; mei as gefolch dat Sargent Parys ferlitte moast.
Sargent skildere doe de skouderriem en hold it wurk foar mear as tritich jier, until he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum, considering it to be his best work and asked that the museum conceal the name of the woman posing in the portrait.
Dit is in remastered digitale keunst âlde masters reproduksje fan in ôfbylding yn it iepenbier domein dat te keap is as in canvas print online.
Info hjirûnder ôflaat fan Wikipedia.org
John Singer Sargent wie in Amerikaanske bûtenlânske keunstner, beskôge de “foaroansteand portretskilder fan syn generaasje” foar syn evocations fan Edwardian-tiidrek lúkse.
Hy makke rûchwei 900 oaljeskilderijen en mear as 2,000 akwarellen, likegoed as ûntelbere sketsen en houtskoaltekeningen.
Syn oeuvre dokumintearret wrâldwiid reizen, fan Feneesje nei Tirol, Corfu, it Midden-Easten, Montana, Maine, en Florida.
Berne yn Florence ta Amerikaanske âlden, hy waard oplaat yn Parys foardat hy nei Londen ferhuze, wennet it grutste part fan syn libben yn Europa.
In the 1880s he made an early submission to the Paris Salon of his Madame X Portrait c1884, which the intent of consolidating his position as a society painter in Paris; but instead the painting resulted in a scandal.
The Madame X Portrait was of a leading Socialite, Madame Pierre Gautreau dressed in a black plunging neck evening dress with gold diamond chain shoulder straps, that tightly caressed her waist.
For the times, it suggested to many Parisians, an indiscreet posing in revealing attire and provoked a storm of outrage, forcing Sargent to leave the country.
The following year Sargent departed for England where he continued a successful career as a portrait artist; and enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter.
From the beginning, Sargent’s work was characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly in his ability to draw with a brush; which in later years inspired admiration as well as criticism for a supposed superficiality.
His commissioned works were consistent with the grand manner of portraiture, while his informal studies and landscape paintings displayed a familiarity with Impressionism.
In later life Sargent expressed ambivalence about the restrictions of formal portrait work, en wijde in protte fan syn enerzjy oan muorreskilderijen en wurkjen yn 'e loft.