This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargentrsquo;s art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse; Rose-Marie Ormond; telling her story for the first time. In a score of paintings created between 1906 and 1912; John Singer Sargent documented the idyllic teenage summers of Rose-Marie and his own deepening affection for her serene beauty and good-hearted; candid charm. Rose-Marie married Robert; the only son of Andreacute; Michel; the foremost art historian of his day; who had known Sargent and reviewed his paintings in the Paris Salons of the 1880s. Robert was a promising historian as well; until the Great War claimed him first as an infantry sergeant; then a victim; in 1914. His widow Rose-Marie served as a nurse in a rehabilitation hospital for blinded French soldiers until she too was killed; crushed under a bombed church vault; in 1918. Sargent expressed his grief; as he expressed all his emotions; on canvas: He painted ruined French churches and; in Gassed; blinded soldiers; he made his last murals for the Boston Public Library a cryptic memorial to Rose-Marie and her beloved Robert. Braiding together the lives and families of Rose-Marie; Robert; and John Sargent; the book spans their many worldsmdash;Paris; the Alps; London; the Soissons front; and Boston. Drawing on a rich trove of letters; diaries; and journals; this beautifully illustrated history brings Sargent and his times to vivid life.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A great group of selections for the intermediate student.By Myrna G.This is a great book the intermediate pianist. The arrangements are true to the original sound; but like one reviewer; the arrangements are not created for the advanced pianist. I love his choices for the small book. I have found that the huge books full of "variety" of easy play songs are not a good choice for me. They are too heavy for the piano tray and I usually have them cut and holes punched for favorite notebooks for storage and placement on my piano ledge. It is all a learning curve from start to intermediate and then to advanced. The books accumulate and I become perplexed at just what to do with all of them. Phillip Keveren Series is just right for the beginning student and then on to the advanced level. Oddly; I have just found him and his arrangements are my "cup of tea" for my intermediate comfort zone.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The arrangements themselves are good.By HardrockI consider myself an intermediate player and I could play the pieces on the first time through. The arrangements themselves are good.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy charlene r. edgarWonderful easy piano series.
