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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 | |
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 | |
Portrait of Manuel Garcia 1904-1905 Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art Providence, RI |
From: anonymous
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004
Manuel
Garcia is known as the father of laryngology
(pertaining to medicine and surgery for the voice box). Garcia was a Professor of Singing in
London and in 1855 created a mirror which permitted him to see his own voice
box, something which ultimately gave rise to a whole branch of surgery
(ENT). ... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Marion Roller Also entitled Madge Roller (Marian) 1893 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Madge, is
the daughter of Nattie and Harold Roller.
From: Michael Roller
ro lle rs@ukgateway.net
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004
I had an
interesting e-mail a while ago from someone called Tony Hirtenstein,
who is Netty Huxley's great grandson! He had come
across my my e-mail address at the [Mrs. Frederick
William... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Miss Clementina 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
This
painting is seen as a study for the more finished portrait three-quarters
length.
Miss
Clementina was a friend of Vernon Lee.
Clementina Anstruther-Thomson
1889
Note:
Sold
Sothebys; 11/29/1995; Lot 38; $40,250
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete... | 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 | |
Portrait of Miss Eliza Wedgewood c. 1905 |
Miss Eliza
Wedgwood is a member of the famous porcelain manufacturing family, a personal
friend of his sister Emily and John and she accompanied them on some of their
trips. John paints her a number of times such as Miss Wedgwood & Miss
Sargent, Sketching (1908) and Mosquito Nets (1908).
But what
I've grown to love so much about John's water... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Mrs Leopold Hirsch 1902 | GA | igrkio | ||
Portrait of Mrs. Charles B Alexander 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Description:
Three-quarter-length
seated portrait of Mrs. Charles Beatty Alexander (nee Harriet Crocker
1859-1935) wearing a white satin gown with gold embellishments and a white boa.
She wears a pearl necklace and is holding a fan in her right hand.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Exhibitions:
Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts One... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Mrs. Charles Hunter in a Gondola c. 1904 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent