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 | A Street in Venice c. 1882 c. 1882 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Sortie de l’eglise, de l’eglise, Campo San Canciano, Venice 1882 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | 
From: The National Gallery of Art
. . . "Ignoring the traditional
tourist spots, [Sargent] explored the city’s
vernacular architecture and the daily life of its inhabitants. In Sortie de l’église, Campo San Canciano,
Venice (Leaving the Church), he focuses on the black-shawled
women crossing the square in the early morning light, which is... | GA | igrkio |
 | Daughters of Edward Darley Boit 1882 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
In 1883
Sargent exhibited at the Salon his portrait which he called Portraits d'Enfants
or Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. Its composition was criticized for its
"four corners and a void" the children not having any relationship to
each other but the painting, overall, was widely praised. (Charteris, P57-58).
The painting is large and exactly... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Henry White 1883 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | Madame Errazuriz (2) c. 1883-1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
A very
similar painting of one he did for her earlier. Possibly she had someone that
liked the first so much she might have requested another.
Madame Errazuriz c. 1880
Literature:
David
McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 94 Charles Merrill
Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1969,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Olivia Richardson c. 1883 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 109.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's
Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Waldo Story 1883 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 104.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 3749 (Apr. 17,
1975), lot 70.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete... | GA | igrkio |
 | Madame Belleroche c. 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sale
Sold at
Sotheby's New York, 30 Nov 05; Session 1, Sale No. N08134, Lot 68; $120,000 USD
(was estimated 80,000—120,000
USD)
Exhibited
London,
England, National Gallery, British Painting Since Whistler, March-August 1940,
no. 574
London,
England, Royal Academy of Arts, 1940
Washington,
D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Cleveland, Ohio,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Madame Roger-Jourdain 1883-1885? Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Mademoiselle Roger-Jourdain
1889
(Daughter to Madame Roger-Jourdain)
From: Sothebys
Madame
Roger-Jourdain is an elegant and sensual watercolor depicting Sargent’s
Parisian friend and neighbour, Henriette Roger-Jourdain, daughter of the artist
Henri Moulignon. She lived with her husband Joseph, also an artist, along... | GA | igrkio |
 | House and Garden c. 1883-1884 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 | |
 | Thistles c. 1883-1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Mrs. Harry Vane Milbank (nee Alice Sidonie Vandenburg) 1883-1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Sothebys
Quoting
Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond:
Mrs. Harry
Vane Milbank, nee Alice Sidonie Vandenburg (d. 1916), daughter of Desire Baruch
of Brussels, was a prominent soical figure on both sides of the Channel. Described
by Mark Milbank in his history of the Milbank family (1966) as of 'almost
legendary beauty,' she was painted... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jaques Barenton 1883 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Little is
known about the painting. Apparently the name was taken from the Knoedler
gallery records (one of the owners in the chain of title) which sources the previous owner for the
information.
Exhibited:
New York,
World's Fair, 1940
Literature:
Frederic
Fairchild Sherman, "Some Early Paintings by John S. Sargent," Art in
American... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Viscountess of Poilloue of Saint-Perier (1850-1897) 1883 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France |
Exhibitions
La peinture
américaine dans les collections du Musée du Louvre,
Blérancourt, Musée national de la coopération
franco-américaine, 14 mars - 30 septembre 1984;
J. S.
Sargent, Paris, Centre culturel américain, 1963, n°6.
Bibliography
J. S.
Sargent, Paris, Centre culturel américain, 1963, cat., n°6, repr.
pl.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jean Guy de Poilloue, Vicomte de Saint Perier (Viscount of Saint Perier) 1880 or 1883 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | GA | igrkio | |
 | Madame Gautreau c. 1883 |
From: Fogg Art Museum
"In
this bold drawing, characteristic of Sargent's hand, the differentiation of
texture and tone has been accomplished by varying both the pressure and the
direction of the strokes. Sargent has used the same pencil throughout the
composition. The area of white chalk on the back of the sofa was probably used
to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study for Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)[1] c.1883 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Madame X
In all of
Sargent's sketches of Madame Pierre Gauteau and it is believed to be over a
dozen total, not one sketch that I've seen shows her engaging us directly. This
was to be a very special portrait from the beginning and what we see here is
Sargent struggling with the idea of her final pose within his general... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study for Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)[2] c. 1883 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Madame Gautreau 1883 |
Note:
Bibliography
Shawn Hill,
"Sargent's Sketchy Characters", Bay Windows, June 17, 1999,
reproduced in b/w, Arts section, p. 9
Martin
Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925; a conversation
piece (New York, NY, 1941), p. 62, repr.
John Singer
Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast c. 1883 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
This
painting has an interesting provenance. Sargent had dedicated it to Madame
Gautreau's mother, Madame Anotole Avengno. Later it was bought by Dr. Pozzi,
whom reportedly had an affair with Madame Gautreau. It would eventually be
purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the estate sale of Pozzi.
Madame Pierre
Gauteau (Study)
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ellen Archer Eveleth Smith 1883 Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME |
Sargent
painted a portrait of Henry St. John Smith (1852-96) in 1880 three years prior
to this one of his wife Ellen. Both paintings are now at the Portland Museum.
Note:
SIRIS #
80042572
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 | Caroline de Bassano, Marquise d' Espeuiles 1884 M. H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco, CA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Princess de Beaumont c. 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Bibliography
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 107.
Christie's Sale Francoise 6142 (May 30, 1986), lot 193.
Van Wyk, Helen, 1975.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Breakfast Table 1884 |
From: Harvard
The figure
is Sargent's younger sister, Violet (later Mrs.
Francis Ormond). The picture was almost certainly painted at the home of his
parents in Nice. It appears on an easel beside Sargent's
Madame Gautreau in a photograph of Sargent in his studio of 1884, in the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington DC.
Other
alternate previous... | GA | igrkio |
 | Nice 1883-1884 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Landscape with Women in Foreground c. 1883 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Landscape View Near Nice c. 1883-1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Christies
The
landscape surrounding Nice is one of hills, canyons and rivers. Painted from
1883 to 1884, Landscape View Near Nice depicts a hilly town [I'm not sure it's
a town, but at least a building] and superbly demonstrates John Singer Sargent's
fresh and original approach to plein air painting. A rich mix of color,
textures and... | GA | igrkio |
 | Auguste Rodin 1884 |
Auguste
Rodin (French Sculptor, 1840-1917), the most recognized important sculptor of
the nineteenth century. Born of a modest family and rejected by the dignified
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he was largely self taught. Working as an apprentice and
with other sculptures he quickly established his own work.
Understanding
his own vision pretty... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Wilton Phipps 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Architectural Sketch of the Reform Club, London possibly 1884 |
The Reform
Club in London was started around the time of the Reform Bill (1830- 32). The
members consisted of the Liberal members of the two Houses of Parliament and
some distinguished members of the public. The club, itself was (and still is)
located on the Pall Mall, between the Travellers' Club and the Canton Club. The
building was built from... | GA | igrkio |
 | Madame X 1884 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
When Madame
X was shown at the Salon of 1884 it became instantly a salacious painting and a
scandal in French society as a result of its sexual suggestiveness of her pose
and the pail pasty color of her skin. The "X" of Madame X was
actually Madame Gautreau (1859-1915) who’s reputation was apparently destroyed and
John left France shortly to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Unfinished copy of Madane X 1884 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. Kate Moore 1884 |
A
millionairess from Pittsburgh, Mrs. Kate Moore (1846 -1917) became one of the
leading figures in Paris high society especially among the expatiate Americans.
She lavishly entertained. Sargent, no doubt was an invited guest to some. He
would paint her a number of times. She was 38 at the time of this painting.
Although certainly a good... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Katharine Moore 1884 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France |
Mrs. Kate Moore
Notes:
Bibliography
Léonce
Bénédite , Le Musée du Luxembourg, peinture école
étrangères. Musée annexe du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1924,
n°65;
Charles
Merril Mount, John Singer Sargent, New York, Norton 1955, p. 82;
Charles
Merril Mount, John Singer Sargent, Londres, 1957, n°843;
Cat. exp.
J. S.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Melle Judith Gautier a la Fourberie c. 1883-1885 |
From: Madeleine Bruchet
<mad ele ine.bru chet@wanadoo.fr>
Date:
Sunday, January 4, 2004
Do you know
of this picture of John Singer Sargent "Melle Judith Gautier à la Fourberie",
it is from Jean Faure Museum in Aix les Bains
'France)
I know the
place where he painted it: Saint Lunaire, just near Dinard where he stayed. I was born... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Ernest-Ange Duez c. 1884 |
Ernest-Ange
Duez (1843-1896) was a French art friend of Sargent's. Duez, two years younger,
was on the Salon jury of '81 that awarded Sargent the 2nd place medal for his
painting Madame Ramon Subercaseaux (1880). They both had studios at the
boulevard Berthier and were part of the same social circle that included Albert
Besnard, Gabriel Fauré,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Louis de Fourcaud (1851-1914) 1884 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France |
Fourcaud,
Louis Boussess of (Beaumarchez,
1851 ~ 1914)
Art critic, writer, poet, and finally professor of arts. By 1884, when Sargent
paints him, he was writing for the Clairon (a daily
newspaper) and other publications and was considered one of the prominent art critics
in Paris -- he was 33 years old.
Born of a noble family. At twelve he... | GA | igrkio |
 | Francois Flameng and Paul Helleu 1882-85 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
By the time
Sargent painted Francois Flameng (1856-1923) with his friend Paul Helleu
behind, he was an already accomplished French painter. Francois was known for
his genre, scene, and portrait paintings, and later known also for his powerful
illustrations of the Great War.
His father
Leopold was an engraver and so he became exposed to art at a... | GA | igrkio |
 | Edith, Lady Playfair (nee Russell) 1884 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
From Gina: (web, message -- BMFA visit)
Edith Lady Playfair is the daughter of Samuel H. Russell, She married
Lyon Playfair.
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Albert Vickers 1884 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA |
Study for Portrait
Mrs. Albert Vickers
c. 1885
Sargent at Harvard
Charcoal on
off-white wove paper
33.3 x 23 cm
(actual)
Gift of Miss Emily
Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer
Sargent
Notes:
Thanks to
Pat Yates for sending me this image.
| GA | igrkio |
 | The Misses Vickers 1884 |
From left
to right: Florence Evelyn "Evelyn" (18 years old), Mabel Frances (21
years old), and Clara Mildred "Mildred" (19 years old)
When
Sargent showed the painting at the Paris Salon in May of '85, they snubbed it
and called it "pseudo-Velasquez." When he showed it the following
year in London at Royal Academy's exhibition of '86, it was... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Frances Mary Vickers 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Frances
Mary Vickers, née Douglas (1841-1904) was the wife of Colonel Thomas
Vickers. They were married in 1860 and would have six children:
Douglas
(1861-1937)
Married
Katherine Cherwynd
(four children)
Marbel Frances (1872-1894)
No children
Clara
Mildred "Mildred" (1865-1952)
Married 1)
Cecil Perry (d. 1901)
Married... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Colonel Thomas Vickers 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Portrait of
Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers, C.B., V.D., J.P. (1833-1915).
He became
the principle owner and Director of of the family business, a Sheffield
engineering firm called Vickers, Sons & Co. Ltd.(1) A native son of Sheffield; a prominent
business owner, the town made him Justice of the Peace and Master Cutler in
1872. He also was... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Miss Dorothy Vickers c. 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Remarks:
Formerly identified as a portrait of Izme
Vickers (identified as such in McKibbin, 1956, and
Christie's Sale 5238). For more information see Ormond & Kilmurray,
1998.
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University... | GA | igrkio |
 | Garden Study of the Vickers Children 1884 Flint Institute of Arts Flint, MI |
Carnation Lily Lily Rose
1885-86
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Great
Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children; 2004-2005
Forum
From:
Sarah Wickham
(sa rah. wick ham@rncm.ac.uk)
Date: 6/8/2004
I'm the
archivist at Royal... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Dinner Table 1884 | GA | igrkio | |
 | A Road in the South 1884 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Edward Vickers c. 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Forum
From: Michael Pettibone
<michael.
pettib
one@cccnetwork.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002
Dear
Natasha:
First, let
me congratulate you on your wonderful Sargent
website. It's so informative and
interesting. I've truly enjoyed
exploring it, although I haven't seen everything yet.
Secondly, I
was wondering if you or your... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mademoiselle Suzanne Poirson c 1884 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, no. 120.
Sweet,
Frederick A., "Sargent, Whistler, and Mary Cassatt," (a catalogue of
the exhibition The Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 14 through Feb. 25, 1954... | GA | igrkio |
 | Madame Paul Poirson 1885 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI |
In 1883
John Singer Sargent rented a studio owned by Paul Poirson. According to family history this portrait of Poirson's wife was done in lieu of a rent payment. Sargent's friendly relationship with the Poirsons made this work more personal than the business
transaction might suggest.
(dia.org7-1-2001)
Notes
Bibliography: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Alice Mason 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Mrs. Alice Mason (1838-1913) wearing a black dress with white cuffs
and collar and a pearl necklace. She holds a feather fan in her
(SIRIS)
Note:
Exhibitions:
World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, no. 877.
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
 | Judith Gautier 1885 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Madame La Comtesse Jacques De Ganay (Renee De Maille) 1885 |
La Comtesse
Jacques De Ganay was a promrnant member of Parisian high society.She is
mentioned in Prouts' account (under the pen name of Tout-Pais) of "A Literary Feast At
Versailles" which was attended by just about everyone in Sargent's world:
Artists
such as Giovanni Boldini, J.J. Tissot, Jean Beraud, Paul Helleu and Léon
Delafosse. ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Claude Monet Painting 1885 |
When
Sargent arrived in Paris to
formally study painting in 1874, it was the same year of the Monet was
showing at the Exhibition of
Independents and was nine years after the scandalous exhibition of Edouard
Manet's Olympia. By 1885-1887 (as the exact date of this painting is in
question) the Impressionist moment was in full swing. Though... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Edward Burckhardt and her Daughter Louise 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Pointy (portrait of Louise Burckhardt's dog) 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Christies
Pointy was
a mongrel owned by John Singer Sargent's close friend Louise Burckhardt. Edward
and Elizabeth Burckhardt, and their two daughters, Louise and Valerie, were
expatriates living in Paris. Sargent painted each member of the Burckhardt
family between 1880-1885, and the present picture was painted from sketches
Sargent made... | GA | igrkio |
 | My Dining Room ca. 1883-86 Smith College Museum of Art Northampton, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Home Fields 1885 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | GA | igrkio | |
 | Femme en Barque (also known as By the River) 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | At Broadway 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Girl with a Sickle 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Reapers Resting in a Wheatfield 1885 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Candelabrum 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. Frederick Barnard (Alice Faraday) 1885 |
Alice
Barnard (1847-1952) was the mother of Polly and Dorothy Barnard (both posed for
John's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose) and the wife of the artist Frederick
Barnard from the Broadway colony. It was at Broadway where they met John and in
the absence of any commissions Sargent practiced on
his friends.
In 1896,
her husband Frederick, died in a... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Alfred Parsons 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Alfred
William Parsons RA (1847-1920) was British landscape painter and illustrator,
born in Somerset raied in London.
He became
very much apart of the close nit artist group at
Broadway, probably through his friendship with Abbey -- they were roomates in London and had studios right next door to each
other. He illustrated for Harper's New... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs Frank Millet ("Lily", nee Elizabeth Merrill) 1885-1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Whitby - Fishing Boats 1885 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Young Girl Wearing a White Muslin Blouse 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Sketchbook (Carnation/ Lily) Robert Louis Stevenson 1880-1885 |
Notes:
Sketchbook
measures 255 x 350 mm., individual sheets are approx. 247 x 345 mm.
The pages
are numbered in brown ink in the top right hand corner. Page eight is missing/
has been removed from the sketchbook. The condition of the sketchbook is fragile,
and many of the pages are loose. In an unpublished Harvard course paper, Anne
van Dijkum... | GA | igrkio |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife August 1885 |
Robert
Louis Stevenson is pacing and his wife Fanny is seated in background to the
right of the door. By and large, the critical review was mixed about this
painting. They thought the composition odd and the depiction of Stevenson
strange and unflattering, just as some people had said about Daughters of
Edward Darley Boit (1882). But... | GA | igrkio |
 | Terra Gosse 1885 |
Terra Gosse
and her father, Edmund Gosse, was part of the Broadway colony.
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sold
Christie's; 12/4/92; Lot 6; $242,000
| GA | igrkio |
 | Dorothy Barnard 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Dorothy Barnard (1) 1885-6 |
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
1885-86
Portrait of Dorothy Barnard
1889
(3-4 years later)
Polly Barnard
(A.K.A Girl in White Muslin)
1889
(3-4 years later)
Exhibitions
1916, Royal
Society of Portrait Painters, hosted at the Grafton Galleries, London. Opened
June, 1916.
John... | GA | igrkio |
 | Polly Barnard 1885-6 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885-1886 |
Conceived
under the most unusual of circumstances, and nurtured in a remarkable setting
at Broadway, this painting is overwhelmingly held out by the public -- then as
well as today -- to be the most favored painting of all his work. It is
universally believed to be one of his masterpieces. Carnation, Lily, Lily,
Rose, the title lifted from the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Self-Portrait in Profile Graphite c. 1885-1890 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Exhibition
of Drawings by John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Grand Central Art Galleries (New
York NY, 1928), repr.
David
McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, 1956),
p. 122, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
Trevor
Fairbrother, Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Mrs. Robert Harrison (nee Helen Smith) 1886 |
From: Tate Gallery
Heather Birchall; December 2001
. . . [Sargent] may have been introduced to the cousins Robert and
Peter Harrison by Alma Strettell. The future wife of
Peter Harrison, Strettel was a close friend of Sargent and, in 1877, he had
illustrated her book, Spanish and Italian Folk Songs. Mrs
Robert Harrison, née Helen Smith... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir Edmund Gosse 1886 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Sir Edmund Gosse, knighted much later in life (1849-1928), Poet and
writer; son of Philip Henry Gosse. He was born Sept. 21, 1849, London, Eng. and
died May 16, 1928, London.
He was an
English translator, literary historian, and critic who introduced the work of Henrik Ibsen and other continental European writers to
English readers.
Gosse... | GA | igrkio |
 | Millet's Garden 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Russell House
1887
(The Millet's house
at Broadway)
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
| GA | igrkio |
 | Roses c. 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Poppies 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | In the Orchard c. 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Landscape with Rose Trellis 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Jacques-Emile Blanche c. 1886 |
From: Tate Gallery
Blanche
[1861-1942] is best known for his portraits of eminent writers, artists and
musicians. He lived near Dieppe and made frequent visits to England, where he
was a well-known figure in artistic and society circles. . .
(From the
display caption August 1993)
(Tate
Gallery)
From: 1911 Encyclopedia
BLANCHE,
JACQUES... | GA | igrkio |
 | A Gust of Wind 1886-87 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
The woman
featured in A Gust of Wind is Judith Gautier who wrote a favourable article on
Madame X. Reportedly she was a mistress of the composer Richard Wagner.
Melle Judith
Gautier à la Fourberie
1883-1885
Judith Gautier
1885
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New... | GA | igrkio |
 | Self Portrait 1886 1886 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Dr. FitzWilliam Sargent 1886 |
The
artist's Father.
Mrs FritzWilliam Sargent (nee Mary Newbold Singer)
1887
(wife to Dr. FitzWilliam Sargent)
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Cecil Wade (Frances Frew Wade) 1886 |
From the Neson Atkins:
Mrs. Cecil
Wade was among the first significant commissions that Sargent
received after his move to London. The painting forms a fascinating pendant to
Madame X. Both paintings stress the hourglass silhouette of the female figure
and the dramatic and elegant profile of the head. Madame X, however, seems
corrupt and jaded,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Douglas Dick (Isabelle Parrott) 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Brigadier Archibald Campbell Douglas
1886
(husband to Isabelle)
Notes:
Sold
Christie's; 12/3/1993; Lot 46; $772,500
Forum
From:
Kate Burke
Ka te. Bur ke@zen.co.uk
Date:
Fri, 21 Jan 2005
Thanks for
such a fantastic website. I was
searching the internet for my great-great grandparents and found paintings... | GA | igrkio |
 | Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Douglas 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Mrs. Douglas Dick
(Isabelle Parrott)
1886
(wife to Archibald)
Note:
Offered at
Sotheby's New York, not sold; 5/24/2000; Lot 50; Estimated $450,000-$650,000
Sold at
Spanierman Gallery date unknown
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 | A Rose Trellis (Roses at Oxfordshire) c.1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Birthday (Fete Familiale) 1887 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN |
From: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
[This]
depicts the family of the well-known French artists Albert Besnard (1849-1934)
and his wife Charlotte Dubray (1855-1931), whom Sargent had befriended by 1883.
(Minneapolis
Institute of Arts)
Paul Albert Besnard
Madame Besnard
1884
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. William Playfair (nee Emily Kitson, 1841-1916) 1887 Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA |
From: Traditional Fine Art Online
Mrs.
William Playfair was exhibited to great acclaim at
the Royal Academy in 1887 and at the 1888 Paris Salon. The sitter (nee Emily Kitson, 1841-1916) is shown wearing a sumptnous
yellow satin gown and a fur-lined, dark green velvet
cloak. Set against an abstract background of deep red, she is ready to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Laurence Millet 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
He was the
son of Francis Davis Millet whom Sargent knew from Broadway. Laurence Millet
(1884-1945) would become an attorney and practiced in New York. He was educated
at Harvard.
John Alfred Parsons
Millet
1892
(brother to
Laurence Millet)
Notes:
See letter
from Laurence Millet's Grandson:
David
Laurence... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Late Major E C Harrison as a Boy 1887 |
Although
the Fogg doesn't date the work, the very unusual nature of the painting with
the heavy halo effect may put in
line with some of the drawings he did for Alma Strettell's book Spanish and
Italian Folk Songs
Spanish Madonna
1887
Bibliography
John Singer
Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Madonna 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
 | St. Teresa of Avila 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 Taft Museum of Art Cincinnati, OH |
This last
of the three portraits of Robert Louis Stevenson by Sargent was commissioned by
the Boston banker Charles Fairchild as a gift for his wife Elizabeth Nelson
Fairchild.
Robert Louis
Stevenson and His Wife
1885
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- John Singer Sargent
