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\t\t\t\t\t\t[aesop_gallery galleryType=”thumbnail” id=”1286″]Boston Apollo (C) 2022 by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc
<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

CHARACTERS<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

SARGENT \u2013 John Singer Sargent \u2013 famed portraitist, nearing end of life, 60s
\nTOM \u2013 Thomas Eugene McKeller \u2013 model, hotel bellhop, contortionist, African American, Boston\u2019s Apollo 20s 30s
\nWILL \u2013 Anton Wilhelm Kemp \u2013 model, art student, former assistant to Sargent, German accent, composite of several models to Sargent including Anton Kamp, Harry Bloom, Antonio Corsi, Nicola d\u2019Iverno, 20s 30s
\nBELLE \u2013 Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner, post stroke in a wheelchair, founder Gardner Art Museum, 60s<\/p>\n

\nSYNOPSIS<\/em><\/u>: John Singer Sargent (1856 \u2013 1925), the most successful portrait painter
\nof his era, lays bare his thorny relationships with models Thomas
\nMcKeller, Wilhelm Kamp & patroness Isabella Stewart Gardner while
\ndesperately seeking non-portraiture as his legacy. <\/p>\n

On a Sunday in June 1921, a poststroke, wheelchair bound Isabella
\nGardner appears at Sargent\u2019s studio with chauffeur, a former model &
\n assistant of Sargent, in tow asking for Sargent to give her the many
\nsketches he has promised her or reproduce them while she watches. She
\nalso seeks to see the painting of McKeller never shown to any but
\nSargent\u2019s inner circle. Will the heat of the day and of the moment
\nprovide a flow of emotional fireworks? Will Isabella finally see \u201cThomas
\n McKeller\u201d & receive her sketches? Will Tom McKeller make a stand?
\nWill \u201cthe chauffeur\u201d, Will, redeem himself? And will Old Master Sargent
\nfind the respect he seeks, creating civic commissions and ridding
\nhimself forever of portraiture?<\/p>\n

McKeller became Sargent\u2019s most \u201cuseful\u201d life drawing model, standing in
\nfor men, women, the politically powerful, all forms of gods, goddesses
\nand white people. The portrait of a totally uncovered Thomas McKeller,
\nwas only displayed \u201cdiscretely & infrequently\u201d to Sargent\u2019s closest
\nfriends, never publicly during Sargent\u2019s lifetime. It was \u201cunseen\u201d for
\nnearly 100 years finally exhibited in 2020 at Boston\u2019s Gardner Museum.<\/p>\n

Combining spoken text, life drawing, immersive imagery, and historical
\nfact & fiction, HIDDEN invites you, to meet the artist, his
\npatroness and his most \u201cuseful\u201d models. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\/826764292<\/a>   = BOSTON APOLLO Vimeo Promo<\/p>\n

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