Dick Button is widely considered one of the premiere male figure skaters of all time. He dominated the world of figure skating for a seven-year period, winning two Olympic gold medals (1948 and 1952), five consecutive World Championships, seven U.S. National titles, and four North American and European Championships. His illustrious, fifty-year...

In 1917, John Singer Sargent was staying as a guest at Vizcaya, the work-in-progress villa being built for James Deering in Miami.  It presented almost infinite opportunities for painting, which Sargent took full advantage of and had no intention of leaving for some time. When James and his brother Charles invited Sargent on a fishing trip aboard...