A new exhibit titled
"European and American Portraiture" is now on display in Gallery 203
in Hewes Library. European and American portraiture in the late 17th century
and 18th century shared some similarities, but were quite distinct.
"By the
end of the 19th Century, however, the American painters become much more
influenced by the Europeans," said Mary Phillips, Monmouth's curator of
college art collections. "Some, including James M. Whistler, John Singer
Sargent and Mary Cassatt, chose to move to Europe to further their education
and ultimately their careers."
The College has works of two of those
"expatriates" – Whistler, with his Drouet, in the
new exhibit, and Sargent, with his Winding Road and Cypress Trees, San
Vigilio, in the lobby adjacent to the elevator.
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