Winnaretta Singer became a queer icon and cultural force in fin-de-siècle Paris. Her portrait is on view now at the Musée d'Orsay. Winnaretta Singer, Self-portrait (c. 1885). Found in the Collection ...
Long before he turned his brush toward society’s upper crust, John Singer Sargent was just another artist trying to make his name in 19th-century Paris. He had arrived in 1874 to study at the ...