First they came for the Communists,
but I was not a Communist,
so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Socialists and the trade unionists,
but I was neither,
so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Jews,
but I was not a Jew,
so I did not speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
– Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
Sargent's Diva Portrait | Tate
After watching Ellen Terry play the role of Lady Macbeth in 1888, artist John Singer Sargent knew he had to paint her. But his dramatic port...
