Richard Ormond on John Singer Sargent

Richard Ormond, former Director of London's National Maritime Museum and former Deputy Director of London's National Portrait Gallery, is also one of the world's leading authorities on John Singer Sargent. He spoke at The Art League on November 5, 2015.

[@pgslondon]

Superb. Thanks for posting. So refreshing to hear real unbridled scholarship.

[@glennTinylionUK]

amazing. one of the best talks on Sargent ive ever seen. wonderful.

[@gloriaj.pinsker9577]

Wonderful to hear about the great Sargent from a relative. I agree the audio is very poor, though.

[@robertapearson8356]

my favorite artist, just brilliant.

[@monaroyer1621]

sound is BAD Fix the michrophone. Would have like to have heard what he had to say...echo echo

[@johnelliott7020]

The sound sucks - the speaker used too many and-ur’s clearly not a trained speaker - no points or direction in first two minutes no purpose - I killed it.

[@sharonfeinstein4572]

Just sublime ! What a huge and intelligent expert and poetic man