#madame x

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madame x - john singer sargent

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Madame X

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Madame K, after John Singer Sargent's Madame X

details, progress, and notes below

Sargent is one of my main art inspirations. I've always wanted to do a master study of his iconic portrait, but decided to add a Star Wars spin to it ✨ I love painting Kleya and thought she would fit with this portrait! her dress by Michael Wilkinson is so elegant and iconic. I think the description of the original painting also fits her well: "Sargent shows a woman posing in a black satin dress with jeweled straps, a dress that reveals and hides at the same time." I thought it was an interesting choice that Kleya's red, "disguise" outfit stands out more than her gallery one, while Luthen's outfits are the opposite. almost like she's hiding in plain sight.

I kept the ring as part of my Kleya/Luthen AU.

progress:

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Madame F.

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Madame Q.

Wow, something that isn't Spamton. Lol

Want to try and emulate John Sargent work; Madae X. Haven't seen one with Queen, so I took the chance, and I miss painting.

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The Story of Madame X

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) • Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) • 1883-84 • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photograph of Sargent with what is perhaps his most famous portrait – that of the very wealthy socialite, Madame Gautreau. This is not the original version, though; the one that shocked the art world in 1884 when it was shown at the Paris Salon.

Above is a sketch for the Gautreau portrait. At some point Sargent decided to paint the right strap of her dress seductively off her shoulder. When the portrait was shown in Paris, there was an uproar of disapproval. Madame Gautreau was, apparently, already rumored to be an adultress. Her Singer portrait only added emphasis to the public's criticism of her character. According to the gallery card at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (the painting was on loan from the MET), Gautreau very much liked the painting. What neither she nor Sargent predicted was that it would cause such a stir and be the cause of much conversation, mostly derisive, in the drawing rooms of Paris high society.

Sargent was so upset by the reaction at the Salon and the ensuing buzz that he took the painting back to his studio and repainted the strap in its proper place on the shoulder.

The painting was eventually sold on the condition that its subject not be revealed in the title. It was to be called Madame X.

Sources:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arty: Why Madame X Scandalized the Art World by Alina Cohen

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Yor Forger

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Pop Icons Kylie Minogue and Madonna perform together for the first time on International Women's Day , March 2024

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MADAME X - EINE ABSOLUTE HERRSCHERIN (1978) dir. Ulrike Ottinger & Tabea Blumenschein The notorious pirate ruler Madame X places a print ad, calling on women to escape their boring lives and promising “gold, love and adventure” to all who come aboard her ship, the Orlando. A motley crew including a housewife, a model, a bush pilot, and an artist all embark on a quest for self-transformation, which quickly heads towards destruction as they are subjected to Madame X’s sadistic, erotic escapades. (link in title)

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Madame X - Eine absolute Herrscherin / Madame X - An Absolute Ruler Ulrike Ottinger. 1978

Josephine de College Universitätsstraße 10 Universität Konstanz, Ebene, A5, 78464 Konstanz, Germany See in map

See in imdb

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THE CELEBRATION TOUR

2024 Digital illustration

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John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Madame X, 1884

John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888

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CROWLEY ?????