In the Art Institute's "Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity," painter James Tissot's muse stands in sharp focus.
by Deanna Isaacs
If you've stood at the corner of Michigan and Adams this summer and looked up at the banners on the face of the Art Institute, you may have met the expectant gaze of Kathleen Kelly Newton, a sun-washed, copper-haired Victorian beauty, resplendent in a froth of white ruffles and pale golden bows. Newton was 24 years old and a…[ Read more ]