Artist's Model. Her image as captured by the great portraitist John Singer Sargent is a reminder of a long bygone style. Almina's portrait was one of a dozen commissioned by her father, London art merchant Asher Wertheimer, the largest such order Sargent ever received. The painter, who typically spent a good deal of time deciding just how to depict each subject, presented her costumed as a Persian harem girl complete with studio prop Indian sarod, a fashion that was considered exotic and 'alluring' at the time. Wertheimer married Antonio Fachiri in 1915 and lived her entire life in the London area; today, she can be visited at the Tate Gallery both in her 'Oriental' guise and, with two of her siblings, dressed in typical British attire of the day.
Artist's Model. Her image as captured by the great portraitist John Singer Sargent is a reminder of a long bygone style. Almina's portrait was one of a dozen commissioned by her father, London art merchant Asher Wertheimer, the largest such order Sargent ever received. The painter, who typically spent a good deal of time deciding just how to depict each subject, presented her costumed as a Persian harem girl complete with studio prop Indian sarod, a fashion that was considered exotic and 'alluring' at the time. Wertheimer married Antonio Fachiri in 1915 and lived her entire life in the London area; today, she can be visited at the Tate Gallery both in her 'Oriental' guise and, with two of her siblings, dressed in typical British attire of the day.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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