Nonchaloir (Repose) (1911) by John Singer Sargent Size:40x50 cm / 16x20″ myth offered a language for

myth offered a language for male beauty that could be visible

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Flirty and full of character "Just a Little Tart" is a fun nod to fruity humour and even fruitier charm

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In her purple wig and cyan eye make-up she is a force to be reckoned with

Nonchaloir (Repose) (1911) by John Singer Sargent Size:40x50 cm / 16x20″ myth offered a language forJohn Singer Sargents Nonchaloir (Repose) (1911) turns doing nothing into an art form. The reclining figure is Rose Marie Ormond, Sargents niece, painted not as a formal society portrait but as a languid, anonymous study in ease. Painted after Sargent stepped back from conventional portraiture, it feels like fin de sicle elegance exhaling before the world changes.