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

What makes this piece powerful isn’t just Sargent’s technical brilliance (though it’s all there in the light

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

she was closely linked to Sarah Bernhardt

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

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.