John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo [Paperback]

Mary Crawford Volk (Author), John Singer Sargent (Illustrator), Nicolai Cikovsky (Contributor), Warren Adelson (Contributor), Elizabeth Oustinoff (Contributor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: National Gallery of Art (March 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894681699
• ISBN-13: 978-0894681691
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,350,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'The best painting Sargent ever painted...', August 14, 2001

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Ronnie James (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo (Paperback)

An excellent history and detailed analysis of the classic painting by John Singer Sargent. Although known mostly as a nineteenth century portaitist, Sargent's depiction of a Spanish dancer in El Jaleo received much critical acclaim. The book traces Sargent's artisitic influences and fascination with Spanish culture which inspired him to paint El Jaleo. There is also a great section featuring many of Sargent's early sketches and design studies. This book is a great reference for anyone interested in Sargent or this masterpiece of his early works.

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic title... Already!, January 9, 2007

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Lizzy (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo (Paperback)

Any serious student of the arts should read this. And you need to go to the Gardner in Boston to see the painting too. It's just mind blowing.
People want $140 bucks and up for this paperback. Don't pay it.
I got mine at the Gardner for ten bucks, lost it in Katrina, waited and got a used one for twenty. Or search the library.
it's paperback- and owning one is a trust, they are limited. It needs to be reissued.

So Seargent and Manet and a few other young artists ran of to Spain to squander a little youth- and some amazing things came of it. Historians of all kinds seem to have blackballed Spain, but this book is about a journey and the amazing painting that came of it.
If you can't buy it- find one and read it.