I really agree. One of the highlights of the year so far. Really glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.

I really found that. I expected it to be a bit anodyne but actually was smitten. I guess we might be said to live in a superficial culture so it spoke to me!

Thomas, I am really sorry that I missed your comment so have been tardy in replying. Firstly, thank you for watching and wow, it must have been amazing in Boston. So many people in London are commenting on the show and I feel it will be a highlight of the year.

@@artgalleryexplorer Thanks. The Boston show was no slouch, but I think the Tate show may have been slightly better staged.

Thank you so much for watching - hopefully it gave you a feel for the exhibition.

Thank you for watching - a very enjoyable show.

Thank you for watching and for your kind comment - it means a huge amount.

Thank you again for watching. The show had lots of photographs of the sitters and it was fascinating to compare. He almost always painted from life over numerous sittings but interestingly try to capture the face in one sitting which, I agree goes for that decisive moment which is a bit like a camera shutter coming down. Gorgeous works!

@@artgalleryexplorerhet is mij niet helemaal helder, ben je daar nu ? Want ik ga niet verder dan het hek, omdat het daar privé terrein is en heb geen zin aan problemen met hun

I agree and was guilty of probably having a slightly snobbish attitude myself before going in, despite desperately trying to keep an open mind! Once in the gallery, I just really enjoyed being in the lush, well executed world. It was a balm to the chaos outside.

Thank you so much for watching. I really hope the exhibition lived up to your expectations as that is a long way to come.

@@artgalleryexplorerben jij nu in de Shut? Ik bedoel 9.45

I enjoyed them a lot more than I expected.

Thank you so much for watching. This was a biggie and a great exhibition !

Thank you again for watching and for your kind words.

Thank you very much for watching.

...that includes your commentary, too!

Thank you very much for your kind words and for watching. @@stacyeleanza4917

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Thank you so much for watching. I can't wait to get back to this exhibition.

Definitely, you must let me know. I would certainly come and see it. Is it a historical play set his life time?

@@artgalleryexplorer yes, it is!

@@artgalleryexplorer your presentation was superb and your comments astute. Yet you remain strangely mysterious!

@@artgalleryexplorer and I will certainly let you know. I promise!

@@artgalleryexplorerben vast gekke Henkie nou veel minder zal het wel niet zijn dan nu

Thanks for watching. Very much an amateur! I studied some art history at university and wrote my dissertation on expressionist art in Weimar Germany.

@@artgalleryexplorer thats very cool. loved that you are open to sharing your thoughts. wondering what is it like to actually visit an exhibition with you together lol which exhibitions will you go in august?

@@yuchen9179 Thank you again for your kind comments. I hope you get to see some wonderful art! I will cover a lot of the London shows that will be still on over August - starting this week.

@@artgalleryexplorer cool!i will be in london in august too.

@@yuchen9179links lopen is al een probleem laat staan links in Londen rijden ,kom van mijn leven daar niet weer uit die stad

Thank you for watching. Not for everyone - if you want something deeper and gnarly or experimental, especially. I do like Tate Britain too. It has a great range and I need to cover the permanent properly at some point.

100% - I will certainly cover that on the vlog. I have weirdly not yet covered the Wallace collection but the Ranjit Singh show has a long run. I will aim to get there in May or early June if not before. Thank you for the tip.

@@artgalleryexplorer Nice atrium at the WC too

And he certainly got that patronage - to the point where he could basically give up portrait commissions by 1907. I know what you are saying but I was surprised to find myself drawn in. Rembrandt is my absolute favourite in terms of portraiture and he is certainly no Rembrant but something about the sheen and rather superficial beauty spoke to me - I guess because there is a similar vibe today?

Perhaps!---The American-born painter Anastasia Pollard comes the 'nearest' to it,

By saying there was too much attention to the clothing you are dismissing the majority of the history of portrait painting, where nearly all the rich people who could afford a portrait wore their best clothes and demanded the attention. If you think back a bit, to the sumptuary laws which laid down what people of certain classes were allowed to wear, it was essential to be,portrayed wearing the finest clothing you were allowed. It is only in very recent times that some artists have chosen to concentrate on the face.

Forgive me, but I strongly disagree, since as a portrait painter myself over 30 years my principle interest was in observing the portraits of the Old Masters. If one takes Van Eyck, Hans Holbein, Rembrandt and Velasquez---to name a few---then their goal was to be ‘honest’ and portray the sitter with the characteristics of a human face, not a mere ‘clothes hanger’ to be admired for wearing sumptuous attire and to look out at the world with self-gloating eyes (as was the case with Sargeant‘s sitTers)! Even Reynolds---for all his flattery of his opulent clientele---was honest and in fact broke new grounds in portrait painting. Whereas Whistler also fell into the trap of devoting a whole painting to the luxurious dress of his model and called it “Symphony in white”. The ‘old guys’ may have obliged their wealthy clients by depicting their fashions, but they did this principally because they were ‘commissioned’ and (to be frank) wanted the ‘fast buck’. I’m sure this was the case with Valesquez, because no matter how lavish the garment (as with Pope Innocent X) he still devoted all his talents to depicting the conniving ‘serpent’ behind the popish garments! @@janepage3608

The review I was referencing which said that was this one -www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/20/sargent-and-fashion-review-tate-britain-london I totally agree - didn't express it so well in the review when I said people always cared about what they wore but that is what I meant! I suppose the premise of the show was that Sargent was more akin to a modern stylist who would dress and drape his subjects, as opposed to them controlling what they wore. Thank you for watching.