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 | Mrs. Edward L Davis and her Son, Livingston Davis 1890 | 
Mr. Edward
L Davis was a former mayor of Worcester
From L.A. County Museum of
Art
Sargent
spent June of 1890 in Worcester, Massachusetts, executing what proved to be
among the most important of numerous portrait commissions from New York and
Boston clients. His subjects, the socially prominent Mrs. Edward Livingston
Davis and her young son,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Benjamin Kissam 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Barridoff
Galleries
Estimate:
$40000/60000
This
portrait, which was shown at the Sargent Loan
Exhibition at Copley Hall in Boston 1899 will be
included in the forthcoming Volume II of the catalogue raisonné
by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray in
collaboration with Warren Adelson and Elizabeth Oustinoff. It has descended in the family... | GA | igrkio |
 | Joseph Jefferson as Peter Pangloss in George Colman, Jr's "the Heir-In-Law" September 1, 1890 |
There are
two additional paintings which Sargent did of
Jefferson. One was a much smaller oil bust portrait (47 x 38 cm) which John
kept in his collection until his death. A second was done of Jefferson as Rip
Van Winkle and is curently in the collection of University of
Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art
(SIRIS)
Notes:
Players
Club, 16... | GA | igrkio |
 | Edwin Booth 1890 |
From:
F. Clason Kyle
(c k yle@knology.net)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004
I would
very much like to see the portrait of Edwin Booth that Sargeant
painted. It is in the Players [Club] in N.Y.. and Mr. Booth "played" the Springer Opera House
here in Columbus in 1876.
The Players
Club at No. 16
Gramercy Park (1845). is located at the
former home... | GA | igrkio |
 | Beatrice Goelet 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2002, no. 239.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Self-Portrait, 1892 1892 National Academy of Design New York, NY |
Description:
Self-portrait
of John Singer Sargent, his body turned to the left,
and his head turned to face the viewer. He wears a light suit with a white
shirt, dark tie, and a hat.
(SIRIS)
Notes:
Bibliography:
National
Academy of Design, 1971: Registration Records.
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Cottage at Fairford, Gloucestershire 1892 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Adelson
Galleries
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002
Margaret
Stickney, wife of the American artist William Sargeant
Kendall and herself a weekend painter, was working on a watercolor outdoors in Fairford, Gloucestershire in 1892. According to the family
lore, John Singer Sargent attempted to instruct Ms.
Stickney. He took the watercolor from... | GA | igrkio |
 | A Country Road in Winter 1892 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Charles
Merrill Mount dated this painting and thinks it probably was done at Fairford
Note:
Sold at
Christie's New York 11/29/2000; Lot 51; $415,000
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mannikin in the Snow c. 1891-93 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Major George Conrad Roller c. 1892? Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Prophets:
Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, Hosea
(on West Wall)
Boston Public
Library Mural
Sargent
enlisted the help of a number of his friends to model for head studies for the
Boston mural -- Frieze of Prophets. It was a fun thing for him to put the
likeness of his friends in the murals. He had done it when he was painting... | GA | igrkio |
 | John Alfred Parsons Millet 1892 |
Frank
Millet's youngest son named after two of his close friends: John Singer Sargent
and Alfred Parsons.
Portrait of
Laurence Millet
1887
(brother to John
Alfred Parsons Millet)
Notes:
Exhibitions
Exhibited
August 26, 2001 at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Great
Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children;... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lady Agnew of Lochnaw 1892-93 |
In late
1892 John began work on the portrait of Lady Agnew, commissioned by Andrew Noel
Agnew, a barrister who had inherited the baronetcy and estates of Lochnaw in
Galloway. The sitter was to be of his young wife, Gertrude Vernon (1865-1932).
The
painting was done in a "high key" and carefully finished. "It is
a careful portrait, free of any... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Frederick Mead c. 1893 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT |
Waist-length
seated portrait of Mrs. Frederick Mead (Mary Eliza Scribner 1822-1897) wearing
a black dress and a purple cap.
(SIRIS)
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the
1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 294.
"A
checklist of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. John J. Chapman (Elizabeth "Bessie" Winthrop Chanler) Gift of Chanler A. Chapman |
Bessie Chanler’s inner strength comes clearly through Sargent's portrait of this feminine, yet resilient woman.
Although bred into a wealthy established American family, her life was not free
of tragedy. She shouldered much of the responsibility for her seven younger
siblings after her mother's early death; and after developing a decease of the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Hercules Brabazon Brabazon 1893 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Painted for
Hercules himself by Sargent. Not sure if this was a gift or if Hercules
commissioned it. Some seven years later he would paint him again which Sargent
kept for his own collection.
Hercules Brabazon
1900
Note:
Dated by Charles
Merrill Mount
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Louis Alexander Fagan 1893 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Louis
Alexander Fagan (1846-1903) became chief assistant to the department of Prints
and Drawings at the British Museum under George William Reid and Sir Cidney
Colvin respectively. He was hired in June 1869 by Sir Anthony Panizzi, the
Chief Librarian of the British Museum Library and during his twenty-five year
professional career he wrote... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait Sketch of a Seated Woman c. 1890-1900 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
Note:
The NYU Grey Gallery had an exhibition of this drawing,
among others, August 31 – October 30, 1999 called "John Singer
Sargent, Draughtsman: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art". The image
online at NYU, I believe is inverted.
Special thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, Maryland, a
friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me... | GA | igrkio |
 | Rowing Lake Como ( Bellagio) c. 1890-1900 |
Notes:
My
gratitude to Stephanie for letting me know about this
painting on the net.
As of 2/24/2002
it was offered for sale at Mark Borghi Fine Art Inc.
| GA | igrkio |
 | Eleanora Duse c. 1893 |
Eleanora
Duse (1859-1924) was the leading Italian actress whom had few peers --
including men. She nearly single handily transformed Italian theater with her
astonishingly sophisticated interpretation of roles in contrast to the more
stilted acting generally seen in that day. By 1892-93 she was at the top of her
career and perfomaing on the world... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Graham Moore Robertson 1894 Watts Gallery Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England |
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Mrs. Robertson , nee Marion Greatorex (d. 1907) seated on a sofa
with her left arm resting on the sofa's arm and holding a handkerchief. A
feather fan is on the sofa beside her. She wears a black dress with high collar
and necklace.
W. Graham Robertson
1894
(son to Mrs. Graham Moore Robertson)
... | GA | igrkio |
 | W. Graham Robertson 1894 |
W. (Walford) Graham Robertson (1866-1948) was a gentleman
artist. Born in London from a wealthy family he eventually dabbled in many
forms and styles starting from Pre-Raphaelite oils to illustrations,
caricatures, to portraits, later impressionistic landscapes, as well as being a
talented writer. He was deeply interested in the theater and by... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ada Rehan 1894-1895 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Ada Rehan,
1860-1916 an Irish born American actress. Her name was actually Ada Crehan, but
took the stage name of Ada Rehan after being once mistakenly billed as
such.
She was
popular in comedy roles in New York theater, and played the leading woman of
the Augustin Daly Stock Company with more than 200 different roles. She join
John Drew's... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Ernest Hills c. 1894 |
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Mrs. Ernest Hills (Constance Malanie Wynne-Roberts) (d. 1932)
standing with one hand holding a white feather fan and resting on the back of
an armchair. She wears a black gown and cape with broad white lace panels.
(SIRIS)
Mrs. Ernest Hills
c.1906
Note:
References: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Coventry Patmore 1894 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Subject: Who was Coventry Patmore
From: Philip Resheph
phi lip.res heph@btinternet.com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001
This was an
article in today's Guardian (British respectable newspaper NOT owned by Rupert
Murdoch) - I thought it might make a little addition to JSS's portrait of
Coventry Patmore, to which the article refers. . . .... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Frederick William Roller 1895 Frye Art Museum Seattle, WA |
From: Michael & Susan Roller
(r ol
lers@ukgateway.net)
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2004
As a quick
introduction to the family relationship with Sargent, as we understand it, Mrs
F W Roller [nee Eva Eyton].
Frederick William Roller himself [her husband] was a German immigrant to
the UK and was naturalised in 1857.
He was an import... | GA | igrkio |
 | Etta Dunham 1895 Fondazione Memmo Rome, Italy |
Etta Dunham
"mug"
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume
2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002,
no. 321.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Pagan Gods: Moloch (North End: Vaulting, Left side) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
"The
central figure on the left of the ceiling arch is Moloch, god of material
things, a hideous monster above whose bead stands the sun with rays reaching
down to draw forth the earth's bounty."
-- John
Singer Sargent, 1916
(Sargent's
Own Explanation on murals)
Directly
across from this is:
Pagan Gods Astarte
and head... | GA | igrkio |
 | Frieze of Prophets Oil on canvas Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
In 1913,
"The Prophets," were featured in the New York Times in an extensive
spread
The Israelites
Oppressed lunette and Frieze of
the Prophets
(North End)
General view of
North End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library
| GA | igrkio |
 | Moses (North Wall) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
Moses is
presented a lot differently given his importance and is more traditional
-- which means in a more Iconic
– more pre-Renaissance --
pre-Perspective sort of way. But he is the only Prophet that is a relief -- and
that makes him, of course, stand out.
This dynamic of two-dimensional V. three-dimensional iconology really POPS... | GA | igrkio |
 | Dr. Morton Prince 1890 or 1895 Tufts University Gallery Medford, MA |
From: Richard Sugden,
PhD
(Wikipedia, submission)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005
Morton
Henry Prince (December 21, 1854 – August 31, 1929). American
neurologist.
Morton
Prince was an American physican who specialized in
neurology and abnormal psychology, and was leading force in establishing
psychology as a clinical and academic discipline. He was... | GA | igrkio |
 | Two Men in Biblical Costume c. 1895 |
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent in
the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art
Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/05/1999
Bibliography
Trevor
Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: the Sensualist (Seattle WA/New Haven CT,
2000), repr. as Folio 15, following p. 180
Trevor
Fairbrother, "A Private Album: John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. William Russell Cooke 1895 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Waist-length
portrait of Mrs. William Russell Cooke (1856-1914) standing before a crimson
red backdrop with her hands folded. She wears a black dress with white lace
collar, pendant, bracelet, and ring.
(SIRIS)
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Helen Sears 1895 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
17 years
later Sargent draws her:
Helen Sears
1912
See as it hung at the MFA, Boston
May 27, 2002
Notes:
Exhibitions
Impressionism
Abroad: Boston and French Painting: Royal Academy of Arts, London; Norton Museum
of Art, Palm Beach, FL; 2005-2006
| GA | igrkio |
 | Richard Morris Hunt 1895 Biltmore House Asheville, NC |
Richard
Morris Hunt (1828-1895) was an architect who is widely credited as the one of
the fathers of American architecture. He started the first studio in America to
formally train young architects in New York and took a prominent role in
founding the American Institute of Architects, of which he became president in
1888. Much of his work is... | GA | igrkio |
 | Frederick Law Olmsted 1895 Biltmore House Asheville, NC |
"I
have all my life been considering distant effects and sacrificing immediate
success and applause to that of the future."
-- Fredrick
Law Olmsted
Frederick
Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is widely recognized as the founder of American landscape
architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker. His first, his most loved,
and in many ways he's best... | GA | igrkio |
 | Angels, after a relief, Church of Los Jeronimos, Granada 1893-1916 |
From: Harvard
Clear wax
used as a resist to produce white highlights.
The subject
of this watercolor has been identified by Mary Crawford Volk (unpublished
letter in the drawing department's curatorial files,16 July 1990) as a relief panel
in the 16th-century "retablo" of the Church of Los Jer—nimos in
Granada. According to the diary entry of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Walter Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker) 1896 The Baltimore House Asheville, NC |
She was a
cousin to George Washington Vanderbilt, on her mother's side and she was
painted at George's behest
George Washington
Vanderbilt
1890
(cousin to Mrs.
Walter Bacon)
George W.
Vanderbilt's Country Chateau at Biltmore N.C. (1889-95)
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd from North Carolina, a friend of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children 1896 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Originally
titled: Portrait of Mrs Carl Meyer (1)
"Adele
Meyer was the daughter of Julius Levis. She married in 1883 Carl Meyer
(1851-1922), a Jewish banker, who was born in Hamburg but who became a
naturalized British subject in 1877, and who was created a baronet in 1910. The
Meyers' two children were Frank, who was born in 1886 and who... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Shakespeare c. 1896 Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
Mrs.
William Shakespeare née Louise Weiland (c. 1850-1911) Waist-length
portrait of wearing a gown with leg-of-mutton sleeves.
Notes:
1) Charles
Merrill Mount dates the work 1894,
Charteris dates it 1901 as does McKibbin. The style of the dress,
however, point to a date prior to 1900. The musem dates the work... | GA | igrkio |
 | Countess Laura Spinola Nunez del Castillo 1896 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Wendy & Gordon Hawksley
gw @ wha wksley. fsnet.co. uk
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002
This
painting is said to have been a wedding present from JSS to his childhood friend,
Benjamin del Castillo.
From: Wilfredo
Fernandez
W Fe rn andez@miami-airport.com
Date: Dec 19, 2005
I am a
member of the family of Benjamin Nunez del... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jean, Wife of Colonel Ian Hamilton 1896 |
From: The
Tate Gallery
Jean
Miller, eldest daughter of Sir John Muir, 1st Baronet of Deanston,
Perthshire, married Sir Ian Hamilton in 1887. She
died in 1941. Lady Hamilton was noted for her beauty and accomplishments.
(Tate
Gallery)
Notes:
Exhibitions:
R.A., 1896
(129); Copley Hall, Boston, February–March 1899 (23); 100th... | GA | igrkio |
 | Joseph Chamberlain ("Joe") 1896 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
From Wikipedia
Joseph
Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was an influential British
businessman, politician, and statesman.
In his
early years Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member, a
campaigner for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He
later became a Liberal Unionist in alliance with the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Sir George Lewis 1896 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Every
generation has one: cocky, powerful, brutally effective. They appear on
everyone's "A" list for solicitors. Sir George Lewis was at the top of everyone's "dream
team". He was the most preeminent solicitor in London and was Sargent's
solicitor.
George's
second wife was Lady Lewis (nee Elizabeth Eberstadt) whom John painted in 1892.
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Princess Demidoff 1895-1896 Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, OH |
Principality
of San Donato was located in what is now greater Florence. Unfortunately, it no longer exists and
the Chateau / Villa di San Donato (thumbnail right) was destroyed during World
War II.
Princess
Helene (the subject of Sargent's painting) was the second wife of Prince Paul.
After the death of his first wife and after having... | GA | igrkio |
 | Countess Clary Aldringen (Therese Kinsky) 1896 Hirschl & Adler Galleries New York, NY |
Notes:
Painting
mentioned in Edmund Swinglehurst's John Singer Sargent, 2001.
Exhibitions:
Paris Salon
of 1898, Paris, 1898, no. 1115.
Bibliography
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2002, no.... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Honorable Laura Lister 1896 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Mrs. Alice
Christiana (Thompson) Meynell, The Work of John S. Sargent, R. A. (London,
England/New York NY, 1903), text and repr, full page, b/w (unpaginated)
William
Howe Downes, John S. Sargent, His Life and Work (Boston MA, 1925), p. 179,
repr. opp. p. 156
Evan
Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 109 and... | GA | igrkio |
 | Colorful Pavements, Sicily Watercolor Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sargent's
interest in the beautiful pavement of Italy is really quite fascinating.
Although this particular watercolor is not dated (by the source I had) he was
in Sicily to see the Cathedral in Palermo (according to Olson) in 1897. The
following year (1898) when he went to Venice, he painted the remarkable work
titled "The Pavement" at the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth after Luca della Robbia possibly 1897 |
Luca della Robbia
Italian sculptor, Florentine school
(1399/1400 - 1482)
John Singer Sargent
Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth
c. 1450
Meeting of Mary and
Elisabeth after Luca della Robbia
possibly 1897
The
sculpture was sketched by John Singer Sargent on one of his trips to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
The Stokes
were young expatriate Americans living in Paris while Mr. Stokes was studying
Architecture. They were from New York.
Sketch of Mrs.
Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes
1897
Sargent at
Harvard
Fogg Art
Museum
graphite
30 x 19 3/8 in
(actual), Framed 34 3/8 x 23 1/2 x 1 3/4 in
See... | GA | igrkio |
 | Henry G. Marquand 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Henry G
Marquand, was second president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting
was done in Sargent's London studio in the summer of 1897 and was commissioned
by the Trustees of the Met. Henry was seventy-eight when this was done. Sargent
had painted his wife in 1887 which was Sargent's first portrait commission
within the United... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. George Swinton (nee Elizabeth "'Elsie" Ebsworth) 1897 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL |
From: "A Numerous and Fashionable
Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton,"
by David Greer
Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2002
Elizabeth
"'Elsie" Swinton (1874-1966), nee Ebsworth, was a prominent society
lady in Edwardian England, who in 1906 took the unusual step (for a person of
her social rank in those days) of becoming a professional singer,... | GA | igrkio |
 | William Rothenstein 1897 The Australian National University Canberra, Australia |
Sir William
Rothenstein (1872-1945) was an British lithographer. He was a member of the New
English Art Club with Sargent. Is Sargent drawing William drawing himself
(below) which would appear in "English Portraits: A Series of Lithographed
Drawings".
William Rothenstein
John Singer Sargent
1897
| GA | igrkio |
 | Emma (Margot), Countess of Oxford and Asquith 1897 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Margot
Asquith (nee' Tennant) 1864 to 1945, wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the
one-time Prime Minster of England between 1909 and 1916. She was a member of
"The Souls," an important literary and aesthetic group in England.
Sargent
also drew her children and again herself later:
Anthony
Asquith
c. 1908
(son to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Caterina Vlasto (or Catherine) 1897 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. |
Caterina
(or Catherine) Vlasto, born. 30 July 1875 Londen, UK, the eighth of nine
children and died 3 June 1899
London, UK. She was the second
youngest of her siblings:
Calliope
(Alexandre) (1862-1933)
Antoine
(Alexandre) (1863-1933)
Eustratius (Alexandre)
(1864-1937)
Mary
(Alexandre) (1867-1914)
Etienne
(Alexandre)... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs George Batten Singing c. 1897 Glasgow Museums: Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove, UK |
From: Matt Davies
<matt
davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002
Mrs. Batten
(nee Mabel Veronica Hatch, c. 1857-1915) was the daughter of an upper-class
military family, and grew up for a time in India. There she met and married
George Batten, an older military officer, and later they moved to London. In... | GA | igrkio |
 | Johannes Wolff 1897 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Mrs. Alice Christiana (Thompson) Meynell,
The Work of John S. Sargent, R. A. (London, England / New York NY, 1903), repr.
full page, b/w (unpaginated)
William
Howe Downes, John S. Sargent, His Life and Work (Boston MA, 1925), p. 183
Evan
Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 266
Helen
Thompson and Edward... | GA | igrkio |
 | Loch Moidart, Invernesshire 1897 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Asher Wertheimer 1898 |
Asher Wertheimer (Sketch)
c. 1898
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer 1898 New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans, LA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Asher Wertheimer (1) c. 1898 |
Asher Wertheimer
c. 1898
Notes:
Bibliography
David
McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, 1956),
p. 130, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
Richard Ormond,
John Singer Sargent: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors (New York and London,
1970), p. 248
Carter
Ratcliff, John Singer Sargent (New York,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Asher Wertheimer c. 1898 |
Asher Wertheimer
1898
Notes:
Bibliography
David
McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, 1956),
p. 130, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs J. W. Crombie 1898 |
From: Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
The sitter,
Minna Wason was the wife of James Wiiliam Crombie M.P. Her husband was a first
cousin of Theodore Crombie. Minna Crombie, who came from Ayrshire, was a noted
philanthropist. After her only son was killed in the First World War, she took
up braille and translated many books for the blind. Sargent... | GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Daisy Leiter (Other title: Marguerite Hyde Leiter) (Later Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire) 1898 Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane London, UK |
From: Matt Davies
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002
Margaret
('Daisy') Leiter was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter of Chicago whom made his
money in the dry goods business and real estate.
Her sister
Mary Leiter was the first wife of George Nathaniel Curzon. While Curzon and Mary were Viceroy and
Vicereine of India, Daisy paid a visit... | GA | igrkio |
 | Colonel Ian Hamilton 1898 |
From: Tate Gallery Display Caption
(26-Oct-1992)
Until the
First World War (1914-1918) military service was still perceived as a noble and
useful profession for the British aristocracy, who functioned as guardians of
the British Empire. General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947) is
portrayed as Colonel and Commander of the 3rd... | GA | igrkio |
 | An Interior in Venice 1898 Royal Academy of Arts London, UK |
This is of
the interior Ballroom of Palazzo Barbaro, on the Grand Canal in Venice (photo
left). It is where Sargent stayed with the Curtises' (Ralph Curtis and his
parents) when he was there.
Mrs. Ralph Curtis
1898
The younger
man on the left in the background is Ralph Curtis, the younger woman with him
is his newlywed wife.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs Ralph Curtis (Lisa de Wolfe Colt) 1898 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH |
From:
Friend of the JSS Gallery
There is
another painting by Sargent that I did not see on your site. I'm not sure if it is listed anywhere on
the web, but I thought you might like to see it. It has been on exhibition in the
Cleveland Museum of Art since it was acquired in 1998. It is not a well-known
piece because it hasn't left the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Interior of Dodge's Palace 1898 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
This is of
the Sala del Maggiore Consiglio -- a
huge room measuring some 50 meters long (164 feet) located in the
Palazzo Ducale. It was in this room that they would elect the Doge and its
government by the Maggior Consiglio.
Photo Palazzo
Ducale Interior
Palazzo Ducale
(Dodge's Palace)
The... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Pavement 1898 Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Ross |
A stunning
painting of the interior of San Marco in Venice.
After
almost two full decades since his Venetian Studies of 1880 and 1882, Sargent
seems to be captivated once again by the dark interiors and play of light of
this wonderful city. What is different this time, at least in the case of this
painting, is a higher degree of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Venetian Interior Pavement 1898? Private Collection Unknown, USA |
This
painting signed, John Singer Sargent in the lower right (which you can't see
here) was recently offered for sale
at EBay. Accompanying the photos (and there were others) was documentation of a
scientific test which dated the painting before Sargent's death.
Q. What an
interesting mystery, would you please comment on this painting.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Senator Calvin Brice 1898 July 18th-28th Allen County Historical Society Lima, OH |
Senator
Calvin Stewart, (b 1845 - d 1898) Served as chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, 1889; then one term as Senator from 1891-1897 as a Democrat from
Ohio, did not run for reelection. Died five months after this painting in New
York December 15, 1898.
(bioguide.congress.gov
10-19-08)
Description: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Charles Huntington (nee' Jane Hudson Sparkes later: Lady Huntington) 1898 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY |
Note:
Bibliography:
"American
Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn:
Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 932.
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2002, no. 361.
"The
Brooklyn Museum, American... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Charles Hunter (nee Mary Smyth) 1898 |
Mary Smyth
married Charles Hunter in 1875 along with his huge fortune in mining interests.
She had an eccentric sister, Ethel Smyth (whom John would draw in 1901). The
two women were quite the pair. Mary was not to be outdone by her sister -- or
at least she tried. It was her 'sacred duty,' her sister would reflect in her
1940 memoir "What... | GA | igrkio |
 | Pauline Astor c. 1898 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino San Marino, CA |
"This
is Sargent's largest and most impressive Full-Length Portrait in a Landscape
Setting" (The Huntington's
description on notecards and posters)
From: Traditional Fine Art Online
"Pauline
Astor (1880-1970), who sat for her portrait by Sargent, was the eldest daughter
of the Amencan financier William Waldorf Astor, who emigrated from New... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant 1899 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
The sisters
are Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant, all daughter of the Honorable
Percy Wyndham. The painting was done in their London home on Belgrave Square.
Sargent has arranged the women so that their mother, Madeline, is looking down
upon them from the full portrait by George Frederick Watt.
Lady Elcho
is the one behind. She is Mary... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of the Hon Charles Alfred Lister "Mug" 1899 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
The Hon. Charles Alfred Lister, son of Lord
Ribblesdale whom Sargent painted in 1902. The drawing was reproduced as the
frontispiece of the book which Ribblesdale later wrote as a memorial after
Charles was killed in World War I: "Charles Lister: Letters and
Recollections with a Memoir by his Father" (1917).
On the
tissue guard covering the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate Sears) 1899 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
From: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
This
portrait represents John Singer Sargent’s lifelong friend Sarah Sears, a
photographer and patron of the arts in Boston. Her alert pose . . . [captures],
as one critic wrote, “the nervous tension of the
age.”
(Museum of
Fine Arts)
| GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Leon Delafosse c. 1899 Seattle Art Museum Seattle, WA |
Léon
Delafosse (1874 - 1951) was talented and gifted pianist and composer. He came
from very humble beginnings but rose to the highest levels of Society. He
studied piano and at the early age of 13 won his first prize. He spent years
performing in the drawing room of the Countess Saussine.
From there
he was introduced to the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Hon. Victoria Stanley 1899 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
The SIRIS
listing has the painting owned by Derby, Lord, Knowsley, England, with
reference to McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of
Fine Arts, 1956.
Special
thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending
me a note regarding this image.
| GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Carey Thomas Oil on canvas Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA |
"The
man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid? It is
the next step forward on the path to the sunrise . . . "
(1908
Address to the North American Woman Suffrage Association, Buffalo)
M. Carey
Thomas (1857-1935) was a pioneer for women's education after having overcome
incredible obstacles to become educated... | GA | igrkio |
 | Charles Arthur Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen 1899 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Charles
Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, (b. 10 November 1832 - d. 10 August
1900) was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in 1894 which (at
the time) was the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales,
after the Lord Chancellor. (wikipedia.org)
His title
progression was legal counsel, then Baron Russell, and... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lord Russell of Killowem (Charles Russell of Killowen, 1st Baron) 1899 Lincoln's Inn London, UK |
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Lord Charles Russell (1832-1900) standing with his right hand
resting on an open book on a table. He wears the red fur robes and chain of the
Lord Chief Justice and a full wig.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Crucifixion (relief) c. 1899 |
This cast
of the Crucifixion which hangs at the Tate, London, was an early and smaller
version of what Sargent was working on for the Boston Public Library which he
finished and installed in 1903. This smaller version is one of a few he did
which he gave to friends as a gift. Prior to this, John had very little
experience in sculpture/relief -- a... | GA | igrkio |
 | Gondolas on the Water 1899 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Owner (file 9-15-2003)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003
This was
painted with astonishingly vigorous brush. Signed lower left in brown by the
artist.
J.S.S.,
unfettered by the demand for likeness took many trips to Venice, where he
painted to please himself. Most all of his Venetian works were in watercolour, this is
a very rare painting.
The... | GA | igrkio |
 | Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1) 1900 National Museums & Galleries of Wales Cardiff, UK |
Hercules Brabazon
1893
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906) was an
Irish/English watercolorist who came to it professionally at a late age --
though he had been a gentleman artist for many years previously. He held his first
one-man exhibition at the Goupil Gallery in 1892 at the age of 71 quickly
became a sensation with... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir David Richmond Oil on canvas Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove, Scotland |
Commissioned
by the Corporation of Glasgow, 1899.
Full-length
portrait of Sir David Richmond (1843-1908), the Lord Provost of Glasgow,
standing with his left elbow resting on the base of a column. He wears a red
uniform with sash and chain and fur robes; he holds a plumed hat in his right
hand.
(SIRIS)
Sir David Richmond (2nd)
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir David Richmond (2nd) 1900 Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove, Scotland |
Commissioned
by the Corporation of Glasgow, 1899
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Sir David Richmond, wearing a black coat and fur robes.
(SIRIS)
Sir David Richmond
1900
243.8 x 134.6 cm (96 x 53 in.)
Note:
Remarks:
Commissioned
by the Corporation of Glasgow, 1899.
References:
Ormond,
Richard and... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Dorothy (Dorothy Williamson) 1900 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX |
From Dallas Museum of Art (9/5/08)
Dorothy
Williamson was the granddaughter of George Millar Williamson, one of John
Singer Sargent's first American patrons. Sargent painted Dorothy's portrait in London in 1900 and
exhibited the work the following year at the Society of American Artists in New
York. The New York Times critic wrote, "The... | GA | igrkio |
 | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1900 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2003, no. 384.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Charlotte Cram 1900 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Description:
Portrait of
Charlotte Cram (1893-1971) as a child seated with her hands folded on the arm
of the chair. She wears a white dress with yellow sash and a yellow bow in her
hair.
She later
married Robert Ludlow Fowler, Jr.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Exhibitions:
National
Academy of Design Eighty Third Annual Exhibition,... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Honourable Mrs. Charles Russell 1900 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Adah
Russell (nee Williams)
For
write-up on this painting see the Essay and image: Copy of Mrs. Charles
Russell, in Madrid
Notes:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2003, no. 382.
McKibbin,
David,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir Charles Loch (1849 - 1923) 1901 |
From: National Gallery of Scotland
Sir Charles
Loch's life was spent working to improve the welfare of the poor and
disadvantaged. Through pamphlets and other publications, letters to the press
and public lectures, and by lobbying where and whenever he could, Loch made a
great contribution to welfare policy and legislation.
(. .
.)Plainly... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward and Victor 1900-1901 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
The
painting was shown at the Royal Academy in 1901.
Harry Furniss
Illustrator
"The Lady
Ventriloquist"
The Sketch
magazine
May 8, 1901
"Rough
Jottings at the Royal Academy"
Notes:
As of
8/9/2002, the painting was offered for sale at Berry-Hill Galleries
Special
thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sitwell Family 1900 Private collection: Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell UK |
From left:
Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) made a Dame of the British Empire in 1954, Sir
George Sitwell, Lady Ida, Sacheverell (1897-1988), and
Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969)
From: Wendy & Gordon Hawksley
Date: 17, May, 2001
. . . A
good reference about this painting is to be found in 'The Sitwells
and the Arts of the 1920s and 1930s'... | GA | igrkio |
 | Venice, View from the Bacino 1900 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
As of 8/9/2002, the painting was offered for sale at Mark
Borghi Fine Art Inc
The dating is a little odd to me. At least to me, it seems
the painting would be more in line with his earlier venice work. I guess the
dedication (what ever it is I can't read) has helped peg the date.
| GA | igrkio |
 | Lady with Parasol 1900 Abbey of Montserrat Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain |
Notes:
Special thanks to David S Gelles, a friend of the JSS
Gallery, for letting me know about
this image on the net.
| GA | igrkio |
 | Ellen Peabody Endicott (Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott 1901 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
Ellen
Peabody (1833-1927) was the granddaughter of a shipping tycoon, Joseph Peabody,
who became wealthy during the war of 1812 and thereafter -- soon to be the
wealthiest in Salem. She married William Crowninshield Endicott, Sr., who was an attorney with strong political
aspirations and was on the verge of serving as Secretary of War under... | GA | igrkio |
 | Edith French c.1901 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
The general consensus is that she was a model in Sargent's
studio around 1901 and that Julie Heynman, a student of Sargent at the time,
was also the first owner of this painting (McKibbin Papers, quoted in Ormond
and Kilmurray, the Late r Portraits: The Undated portraits p.3)
Notes:
As of 7/17/2004 the painting was offered for sale... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs. Wertheimer 1901 |
The
painting was shown at the Royal Academy in 1901.
Harry Furniss
Illustrator
"The Strong
Woman"
The Sketch magazine
May 8, 1901
"Rough
Jottings at the Royal Academy"
Both women
would be painted again by Sargent independently.
Portrait of Ena Wertheimer: A Vele Gonfie
1905
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Alfred son of Asher Wertheimer 1901 |
Forum:
Subject: Alfred son
of Asher is significant and personal
From: raven
schultz
Date: 07 Feb 2001
boy oh boy.... well, i first saw this painting life size and
in the flesh at the seattle art museum and completely fell IN LOVE with
it. have you ever seen this
one? well, it's significance to me
is personal. it reminds me... | GA | igrkio |
 | Hylda Daughter of Asher and Mrs Wertheime 1901 |
From: Tate Gallery
Hylda was
the third daughter of the wealthy art dealer Asher Wertheimer . . . The
portrait of Hylda is in the grand manner of the old masters, and great care is
given to the depiction of the different luxurious textures of her clothing.
Sargent tried to dissuade Hylda from wearing her pince-nez, which undermine
this illusion,... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
