![]() ![]() This talent blossomed after he encountered Juliette Very, the Parisian model who became his muse. However, the works that have earned him even greater acclaim than his portraits are his figure paintings of femmes fatales, usually richly attired in flowing dresses and striking elaborate poses.Īlexander had been much in demand as a portraitist, both of men and children as well as women, but his real talent, which became evident relatively late in his career, lay in his ability to capture the essence of the female form. Mary Anne Goley’s new book John White Alexander: An American Artist in the Gilded Age (Philip Wilson Publishers, 2018) is an illustrated history of celebrated American artist John White Alexander that includes 90 color and black-and-white illustrations.Īt the time of his death, the Pittsburgh-born John White Alexander (1856-1915) was an internationally-recognized portrait painter, on a par with his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and William Merrit Chase. ![]()
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