Exhibitions: An eye for the ladies

The Independent - London | October 18, 1998| | Copyright

Some artists appear to have been incapable of painting a nude. Van Gogh, for instance, couldn't do it. One attributes such reticence to his strict Protestant background, even though his upbringing didn't keep him out of the whorehouse once he had left the family rectory. Another painter who avoided nudity was John Singer Sargent, Van Gogh's near contemporary (he was born in 1856, van Gogh in 1853). We cannot tell from the Tate exhibition whether Sargent had any religious feelings at all. It's clear that he liked the company of women and the way that they looked. He often used professional ...

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