John Singer Sargent

February 21-May 31, 1999

Overview: 86 paintings and 31 watercolors by John Singer Sargent were shown in the exhibition, the largest retrospective of the artist's work since 1926, the year following his death. The exhibition presented examples of portraiture, landscape paintings, and figure sketches, including such well-known works as Madame X from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, loaned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose from the Tate Gallery, London.

The Tate Gallery, London, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, organized the exhibition. Nicolai Cikovsky Jr., senior curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art, coordinated the exhibition in Washington. Ford Motor Company made the exhibition possible. It was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Attendance: 453,937 (100 days)

Location: West Building, Main Floor, Galleries 57 through 62, 64, and 65

Catalogue: John Singer Sargent, edited by Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1999.

Brochure: John Singer Sargent, by Isabelle Dervaux. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1999.

Other venues:

Tate Gallery, London

October 15-January 17, 1999

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

June 23-September 26, 1999

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