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Stories Tagged "Madame X"

Unapproachable

Emily, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012

Members of the Teen Advisory Group discuss Madame X in the galleries

My art teacher has a poster of Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) in our classroom, so as soon as I saw the actual painting in the Met's galleries, I immediately recognized it.

A Recap of the Murder at the Met Teen Event

Nicole, High School Intern

Posted: Monday, May 7, 2012

Teens investigate a work of art to help them eliminate suspects.

On Friday, April 20, teens came to the Museum in droves to participate in a special murder mystery event. I was really looking forward to it, and it did not disappoint!

"Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful"

Claudia, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012

Virginie Avegno Gautreau (Madame X) was twenty-four when John Singer Sargent painted her portrait. He originally painted it with the right strap of her dress hanging off her shoulder, but the work received such criticism at the 1884 Parisian salon exhibition that he later repainted the strap.

Unnatural

Jimmy, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012

John Singer Sargent, Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

Madame X is painted in profile, much like many of the Italian Renaissance portraits that we've studied. Yet unlike the Renaissance portraits, this work presents a full-length view of its subject, Madame Pierre Gautreau.

Detectives Needed!

Nicole, High School Intern

Posted: Monday, April 16, 2012

Title screen from the Murder at the Met mobile game

You are cordially invited to a teen murder mystery event in the Museum's new American Wing on Friday, April 20, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.! We will investigate a ghastly murder (fictional, of course) through clues interspersed throughout the galleries and period rooms. Working in small groups and with a mobile game specifically designed for the event, you and your friends can solve the case and bring the murderer to justice!

First Impressions

Evelin, TAG Member; Genevieve, TAG Member; Jamilah, TAG Member; and Alisha, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, April 9, 2012

Visual representation of TAG members responses to seeing Sargent’s portrait of Madame X | Madame X (detail)

To begin our study of John Singer Sargent's Madame X, we spent time looking at her portrait in the gallery and discussing what we found most striking about the painting.

Our Move to the American Wing

Audrey, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, April 2, 2012

We've moved forward in time, traveling from Europe to the United States, and have left the Italian Renaissance exhibition for the recently renovated American Wing. Though we are leaving the golden age of the Renaissance, we are entering the period from the eighteenth to early twentieth century in America, an exciting time in history with its own enchantments.