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Thomas McKeller

1890–1962

United States

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Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890–1962) was an American model who posed for John Singer Sargent between 1916 and the artist's death in 1925. McKeller served as a model for many of Sargent's paintings. In the 2000s, McKeller drew critical attention for the complex dynamics of race, class, and gender that he embodied.

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