The Friendship of Henry James and John Singer Sargent

#HenryJames (1843-1916), #GildedAge novelist and confidant of #EdithWharton , was an expatriate American writer who settled in #England and eventually became a British citizen. His support of decade younger painter #JohnSingerSargent (1856-1925) is explored in this video.

Sources:

"#Sargent as soul mate to Henry James", The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/27/arts/sargent-soul-mate-to-henry-james.html

Find a Grave, #CharlotteLouiseBurckhardt , https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226073634/charlotte_louise-ackerley

Ignacio Darnaude, "John Singer Sargent's Hidden Inspiration", GLR, https://glreview.org/article/john-singer-sargents-hidden-inspiration/

Roger Catlin, "John Singer Sargent Abhorred", Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/john-singer-sargent-abhorred-making-his-lavish-portraits-so-he-took-charcoal-get-job-done-180974360/

#TheMet , "John Singer Sargent: Lady with the Rose", https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12121

#JSS Gallery, "John Singer Sargent's Henry James", https://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/Mugs/Henry_James_%28charcoal%29.htm

The Met, "John Singer Sargent: An Interior in #Venice", https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19074

Randall Ivey, "Dearly Beloved Friends", https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/05/henry-james/

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