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Vines and Cypresses c. 1910 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | ||
Viola Tree, 1907 1907 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Viola was
the daughter of the well-known actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Her uncle was
Max Beerbohm.
"31 Tite
Street"
Max Beerbohm
Notes:
Special
thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending
me a note regarding this image.
At the time
of the exhibit in 1979, it was owned by her... | GA | igrkio | |
Violet 1881 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Violet Sargent (1870-1955) was John's youngest sister. After
studying at the Accademia delle
Belle Arti, she married Francis Ormond. Of the three
siblings, Violet was the only one to marry and she would have six children (see
Genealogy). She, along with her daughters would be featured in so many of
John's paintings -- really too long to list (in... | GA | igrkio | |
Violet Fishing 1889 |
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York,
2003
Lady Fishing - Mrs.
Ormond
1889
Tate Gallery
London
Oil on canvas
184.8 x 97.8 cm
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Violet Paget (Vernon Lee) 1881 |
Vernon Lee, was a pen name for Violet Paget (1856-1935). She was a
childhood friend of John Sargent, after growing up
together they both, it appears, were involved in the same art community. She
was a prolific novelist, essayist and critic, and had written at least one book
about the nature of beauty in Art.
Vernon was
close to John and his... | GA | igrkio | |
Violet Resting on the Grass 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Violet Sargent c.1883 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Violet Sargent (Bench) c. 1883 Taft Museum of Art Cincinnati, OH | GA | igrkio | ||
Violet Sargent and Flora Priestley 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Violet Sleeping c. 1908 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent