John Singer Sargent and Fashion with Cindy Polemis
Schedule
Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 02:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Wadebridge Town Hall, Wadebridge | Wadebridge, EN
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Just a few weeks until the next in our series of excellent talks!Wednesday 10 June 2026 'John Singer Sargent and Fashion with Cindy Polemis
John Singer Sargent was THE international art star of the Gilded Age. He was most famous for his dramatic and stylish portraits of the elegant and wealthy. He brought his subjects to life, but also used fashion as a powerful tool to depict identity and personality. Cindy Polemis explores how John Singer Sargent 'fashioned' his world.
Sargent used clothing to shape how his sitters’ identities and personalities appeared, often choosing or adjusting their outfits himself. By manipulating garments, tightening a coat to define a figure or letting a dress strap fall for sensual effect, used fashion and these daring choices as a key artistic device to convey his creative vision.
Cindy Polemis
Cindy is an art historian, independent lecturer and art guide. She has a BA in Modern History from Oxford University and as a mature student she went back to university to study first for a BA and then for a Masters in History of Art at Birkbeck College, London University. Before that she spent many years as a radio producer and presenter for the BBC World Service working in news and current affairs. Since 2016 Cindy has worked as a lecturer and an official art guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. She has also been a trustee at the Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum. Cindy has accumulated a wide range of art historical knowledge ranging from 18th European and British art to the contemporary international art scene. She has been an official guide for Frieze Masters art fair in London. She is particularly keen to draw parallels with art and social history and her lectures are accessible and engaging, drawing out the stories of art and artists which are steeped in human emotions and experiences which we all share.
Venue: Wadebridge Town Hall - Doors open at 2.00 pm, lecture commences at 2.30 pm.
Why not come as a guest for a first, trial meeting? Otherwise free for Society Members or £10 on the door.
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