The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World
Written by Paul Fisher
Narrated by David de Vries
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In The Grand Affair, scholar Paul Fisher offers a vivid life of the artist and his work. Sargent's nervy, edgy portraits exposed illicit or dark feelings in himself and his sitters-feelings that London, Paris, and New York high society was fascinated by yet kept at bay. Fisher traces Singer's life from his wandering trans-European childhood to the salons of Paris, and the scandals and enthusiasms he elicited, and on to London, where he mixed with other aristocrats and eccentrics, and formed a close relationship with a boxer who became his model, valet, and traveling partner.
Relating Sargent's restless itinerary, Fisher explores the enigmas of fin de siecle sexuality and art, fashioning a biography that grants the man and his paintings new and intense life.
Paul Fisher
Paul Fisher is a retired Anglican clergyman living in the Yorkshire Dales after working for thirty years in the Church of England as a parish priest, adult educator and trainer. Paul is also a professional classical musician: composer, pianist and organist. He is currently involved in a range of voluntary community work, which includes working locally in Action for Climate Emergency, and organ accompaniment of church services. He is married with a son and daughter.
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