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

In 1916, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) met Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890-1962), a young Black elevator attendant, at Boston's Hotel Vendome. McKeller posed for most of the figures, both male and female, in Sargent's murals in the Museum of Fine Arts. The painter transformed McKeller into...

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Other Authors: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, Silver, Nathaniel E. (Editor, Curator, Contributor), Fisher, Paul, 1952- (Contributor), Greene, Nikki A. (Nikki Alma Rose) (Contributor), O'Grady, Lorraine (Contributor), Hirschler, Erica E. (Contributor), Fairbrother, Trevor J. (Contributor), Riley, Casey (Curator) (Contributor), Tóibín, Colm, 1955- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : New Haven, Connecticut : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ; Distributed by Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Exhibitions.
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Criticism and interpretation.
Sargent, John Singer, > 1856-1925 > Themes, motives, etc.
McKeller, Thomas, > 1890-1962.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Artists' models > Biography.
African American men in art.
Nude in art.
Human figure in art.
Mural painting and decoration, American > Massachusetts > Boston > 20th century.

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