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Milwaukee Art Museum | Virtual Lecture: Spain’s Influence on John Singer Sargent

June 24, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Free and open to all via Zoom
Discover more about one of the American artists most associated with Spain, John Singer Sargent, with Sarah Cash, associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art. Sargent embraced the country’s art, both its subjects and style, throughout his career. Join Cash as she discusses Spain’s influence on Sargent in preparation for the National Gallery’s upcoming exhibition on the artist.
This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820–1920 (https://mam.org/exhibitions/details/americans-in-spain.php)
Image: John Singer Sargent, La Carmencita, 1890 (detail). Oil on canvas. 90 x 54¼ in. (228.6 x 134.22 cm). Musée d’Orsay, Paris, RF746