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Sargent, A Masterful Stroke of Genius
Thu, Aug 06
|17 Meeting House Ln
Join Neill Slaughter, Professor Emertius LIU Southampton, to explore the career of artist John Singer Sargent
Time & Location
Aug 06, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
17 Meeting House Ln, 17 Meeting House Ln, Southampton, NY 11968, USA
About the Event
Join Neill Slaughter, Professor Emertius LIU Southampton, to explore the career of artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). Learn how Sargent began a promising career, primarily as a portrait painted in Paris, until a scandal in 1884 caused him to move to England, where he contemplated giving up painting, then rose to fame in the Gilded Age Art world of the late 1880s to the first qurter of the 20th century.
Thursday, August 6, 2026, 5:30pm-6:30pm
This program will take place in the Music Room within the Rogers Mansion.
Please RSVP, admission is free but space is limited.
About the lecturer: Artist Neill Salughter graduated with a BFA degree in 1975 from the University of Georgia and received his MFA in 1978 from Indiana University in Bloomington. Until his retirement in 2016, Professor Slaughter taught fine arts courses at the university level for nearly four decades. Additionally, he has exhibited his…