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050	0	0	_aCT3260 _b.L83 2017
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100	1		_aLucey, Donna M. _d(, 1951-,)
245	1	0	_aSargent's women : _bfour lives behind the canvas _c/ Donna M. Lucey
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: W.W. Norton & Company _c, 2017
300			_a311 p. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aIntroduction. Four women, four lives, four paintings -- The pilgrim -- The sorcerer's apprentice -- The Madonna -- The collector -- Epilogue. The curtain closes.
520			_aIn this biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent. With uncanny intuition, Sargent hinted at the mysteries and passions that unfolded in his subjects' lives. Elsie Palmer traveled between her father's Rocky Mountain castle and the medieval English manor house where her mother took refuge, surrounded by artists, writers, and actors. Elsie hid labyrinthine passions, including her love for a man who would betray her. As the veiled Sally Fairchild - beautiful and commanding - emerged on Sargent's canvas, the power of his artistry lured her sister, Lucia, into a Bohemian life. The saintly Elizabeth Chanler embarked on a surreptitious love affair with her best friend's husband. And the iron-willed Isabella Stewart Gardner scandalized Boston society and became Sargent's greatest patron and friend. Like characters in an Edith Wharton novel, these women challenged society's restrictions, risking public shame and ostracism. All had forbidden love affairs; Lucia bravely supported her family despite illness, while Elsie explored Spiritualism, defying her overbearing father. Finally, the headstrong Isabella outmaneuvered the richest plutocrats on the planet to create her own magnificent art museum. These compelling stories of female courage connect our past with our present - and remind us that while women live differently now, they still face obstacles to attaining full equality.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aMyers, Elsie Palmer _d(1872 - 1955)
600	1	4	_aFuller, Lucia Fairchild _d(1872 - 924)
600	1	4	_aChapman, Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler _d(1866 - 1937)
600	1	4	_aGardner, Isabella Stewart _d(1840 - 1924)
600	1	4	_aSargent, John Singer _d(1856 - 1925) _v--Friends and associates
650		4	_aWomen _z-United States _v--Biography
650		4	_aUpper class _z-United States _v--Biography
651		4	_aUnited States _v-Biography
651		4	_aUnited States _x-History _y-1865 - 1921
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