Donelson Hoopes
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Donelson Farquhar Hoopes (December 3, 1932 – February 22, 2006) was an American curator of painting. His 1964 exhibition The Private World of John Singer Sargent
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
is credited with restoring the reputation of Sargent, a realist who had fallen out of favor following Impressionism
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John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings...
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is American art. The permanent collection includes works by Rembrandt, Eugène Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Pablo...
is credited with restoring the reputation of Sargent, a realist who had fallen out of favor following Impressionism
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
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