Programs News Release: 1 February 1999
Related Activities for "John Singer Sargent" at the National gallery of Art, 21 February - 31 May 1999
Sunday Lecture
21 February
East Building, large auditorium
2 p.m.
The Van Dyck of Our Times: John Singer Sargent, Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., senior curator of American and British paintings, National Gallery of Art
Symposium: "John Singer Sargent"
East Building, large auditorium
Saturday, 20 March
1 - 5 p.m.
Absence of Color, Absence of Sunlight: Sargent's Early Venetian Pictures, Marc Simpson, editor, Bibliography of the History of Art, Getty Research Institute
"The Palace of Art Has Many Chambers": Sargent and the Novels of James and Proust, Tiphaine Samoyault, professor of comparative literature, University of Paris VIII
Sargent and Men, Trevor Fairbrother, deputy director for art and the John and Mary Shirley curator of modern art, Seattle Art Museum
Sargent and the Image of Woman, Kathleen Adler, head of education, National Gallery, London
Gallery Talk
Sargent in Venice (50 minutes). Eric Denker, staff. 17 May, 21,
24, and 25 at 1:00; 18 May at 2:00 (wb)
Tours of the Exhibition
For dates and times of public tours by staff lecturers, please consult
the calendar of events or call (202) 842-6706. No reservations are required.
Tours by Special Appointment: for adult groups of twenty or more, call (202) 842-6247; for school groups, call (202) 842-6249.
Audio Tour
An audio tour, narrated by Earl A. Powell III, director, and Nicolai Cikovsky,
Jr., senior curator of American and British paintings, and Richard Ormond,
director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and great-nephew
of the artist, is available at the entrance to the exhibition for $5.00
($4.00 for senior citizens, students, and groups of ten or more). Amplified
headsets and scripts are available to visitors with hearing impairments.
To reserve audio tours for groups, call (202) 842-6592.
Films
East Building, large auditorium
Filmed adaptations of novels and stories by Henry James, friend and associate
of John Singer Sargent, will be presented during April and May. Films
will include The Heiress (1949), Daisy Miller (1974), The
Europeans (1979), and Washington Square (1997).
For more information and show times, please consult the National Gallery of Art film calendar, or the National Gallery of Art calendar of events at the Art Information Desks, or call (202) 842-6799.
Extension Programs
The videodisc American Art from the National Gallery of Art and an accompanying
interactive program provide images and texts on Sargent's paintings in
the Gallery's collections. The videodisc and interactive program are available
on a free-loan basis by writing to the department of education resources,
extension programs section, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565.
Catalogue
John Singer Sargent, edited by
Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, is published by the Tate Gallery,
London, in association with the National Gallery of Art. The catalogue
contains 288 pages with 150 color and 50 black-and-white illustrations.
It is available from the Gallery Shops for $29.95 (softcover) and $60.00
(hardcover). To order by mail, call (800) 697-9350 or (301) 322-5900.
Exhibition Brochure
An illustrated brochure will be available at the entrance to the exhibition
or view it online.
Sponsor/Organization
Made possible by Ford Motor Company.
The exhibition was organized by the Tate Gallery, London, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
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