Tag: Singer

John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal

This is the first major exhibition since 1925 to explore Sargent’s expressive drawings in charcoal, illuminating the magnitude of his abilities as a portrait draftsman. The drawings in the John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum&nbs...

The Bostonian Singer Who Married a Portuguese King and Had Her Inheritance Taken From Her

It reads like a typical chapter of Portuguese history — by which I mean it reads like a melodramatic soap opera replete with intrigue, betrayal, the good guys being duped, and the bad guys walking off with all the loot. Welcome to Portuguese History 101. Her name was Elise Fried...

Plinia, The Jazz Singer in Dublin

Plinny’s first love has always been music, and the music scene in Dublin was unlike anything she had experienced before. When she first encountered live music pouring out of Dublin’s many pubs she instantly fell in love. Having grown up with a love of everything musical Plinny knew that ...

The Bostonian Singer Who Married a Portuguese King and Had Her Inheritance Taken From Her

It reads like a typical chapter of Portuguese history — by which I mean it reads like a melodramatic soap opera replete with intrigue, betrayal, the good guys being duped, and the bad guys walking off with all the loot. Welcome to Portuguese History 101. Her name was Elise Fried...

The Jazz Singer, and a Brief History of the Talkies

The first known sound recordings were created in the 1850s by French printer and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. The first known piece of motion picture film was a revolving self-portrait of French cameraman Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (better known as Na...