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 | 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 |
 | Madame Ramon Subercaseaux 1880 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Madame
Subercaseaux (born 1860) twenty years old at the time, was the newlywed wife
(married 1879) of the Chilean consul to Paris. The following is from her
diary.
It was in
Paris during the Spring of 1880 that Sargent painted my portrait which won the
prize the following year [2nd place at the Salon]. Shortly before this, when we
were visiting... | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Mademoiselle Boussenet-Duclos 1882 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. 51.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mademoiselle Roger-Jourdain 1889 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown, MA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Yelenak, an artist himself and a
contributing friend of the JSS Gallery, for taking this picture to share with
us.
Bibliography:
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, collection checklist, 1972.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum
of Fine Arts, 1956.
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine... | 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 |
 | Madonna of Sorrows (South End, West Wall) 1916 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Magnolias Undated Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Male Model, Seated 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
