John Singer Sargent : A masterful stroke of genius
with professor Neill Slaughter
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FREE | Salmagundi and Coffee House Club members
About the Event
Relevant to the current Sargent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, join Professor Emeritus Neill Slaughter to learn how the gifted artist John Singer Sargent began a promising career, primarily as a portrait painter in Paris until a scandal in 1884 caused him to decamp France and move to England where he contemplated giving up portrait painting until he found his way once again in the Gilded Age Art world of the late 1880’s, running through the first quarter of the 20th century.
Hungry?
Grab a bite to eat after the event from our dining room (a normally member-only benefit)! Ticketed attendees who would like to stay for drinks and dinner should make dining reservations in advance with the name of the event as your message.
About the Speaker
Neill Slaughter, Non-resident Artist Member and former Club Vice President of Salmagundi, taught at the university level for four decades and has exhibited his art nationally and internationally. Awarded an MFA degree from Indiana University in 1978 his teaching career began in Philadelphia at Tyler School of Art. 1981-82 he inaugurated a study abroad program at Alnwick Castle in England. 1983-93 he taught for California State University and Loyola Marymount University, again teaching abroad at University of Kent in Canterbury, England in 1989. Since 1993 Professor Slaughter has lived in Southampton NY and taught for Long Island University until retirement in 2016, and was granted Professor Emeritus status in 2017.
Among his awards and honors, Professor Slaughter has received a Ford Foundation Fellowship, a Scottish Arts Council Grant, an LMU Research Grant to Africa, a Fulbright Fellowship to India and a David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2008 Slaughter mounted a thirty-year retrospective, which included a color catalogue and in 2022 a fifty-year retrospective with a webinar lecture. In January 2024 Slaughter presented four art history lectures aboard the historic Queen Mary 2 ocean liner on a transatlantic voyage from New York to Southampton England. Additionally, January 16-March 17th he exhibited at the Reboli Fine Art Center (Stony Brook) in a show titled “Bricks and Steel” with a lecture on his art career on February 16th 2024. He also mounted a solo exhibit at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery in East Hampton NY from August 23-September 15th 2024. In October 2025 Professor Slaughter will present a series of art history lectures aboard the Viking Vela during a three-week voyage through the Mediterranean.