Today I went to a lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art about the iconic painting "Madame X" by John Singer Sargent painted in 1884. It created a huge scandal at the time. She was a woman who was very concerned with her appearance and wore a rather risque gown. Sargent was determined to paint her as he saw her..a rather haughty woman who was unafraid to defy convention. Notice the ear...she rouged it!
I also created a painting of a woman who is concerned with appearances.
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