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 | Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Sargent Curtis 1882 | 
Mrs. Daniel Sargent Curtis
c. 1882
She was the
mother of Ralph Wormeley Curtis -- cousin to Sargent and fellow American artist
in Paris. The painting is very dark, though in person you can see gradations of
dark colors for the background.
John would
later paint her with her husband, son and daughter-in-law in 1898
... | 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 |
 | Portrait of Mrs. John Joseph Townsend (Catherine Rebecca Bronson) 1881 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Mrs. Phipps and Her Grandson Winston 1906 Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury, NY |
From:
Barbara Ann Levine
bar ba n22@optonline.net
Date: Sat,
02 Apr 2005
The
painting by Sargent of Mrs. Phipps and Winston Guest is hanging in the Phipps
dining room of Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, Long Island, NY, which in
now open to the public. According to the plaque it was done in 1906.
From: SIRIS
Double
portrait of Mrs.... | 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 |
 | Portrait of Paul Helleu c. 1885-1889 |
Paul César Helleu
1859-1927
John Singer
Sargent's close friend Paul Helleu had a dazzling career as a
society portraitist. But it might not have ever started if it weren't for JSS
(See Paul Helleu Sketching, 1899)
It may come
as a surprise to many
that Helleu was also the creator of the
astrological ceiling decoration in New York's... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Ralph Curtis on the Beach at Scheveningen 1880 High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA |
Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854-1922)
American painter, was Boston born and a graduate of Harvard. He
eventually lived in Europe and was a painter of portraits, genres, and
interiors.
Ralph and
John would become good friends. They were 2nd cousins (their father's were
cousins) though they didn't meet until Curtis went to Paris to study art.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Ramalho Ortigao "Mug" Undated Private Collection Unknown, USA |
José
Duarte Ramalho Ortigão
(October 24, 1836 - September 27, 1915) was a Portuguese writer and then later
a diplomat
Ortigão studied law in the University of Coimbra but never finished the course.
After returning to his home town he taught French in a college run by his
father; among his students was Eça de Queiroz.
In 1862 he
dedicated... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Robert M. Mathias c 1913 |
He would
marry Ena Wertheimer.
Portrait of Ena
Wertheimer: A Vele Gonfie
1905
"I
believe the 'M.' of Robert M Mathias stood for 'Moritz'."
-- Hugh
Wilding
From: Tate Gallery
Report on
the Painting Technique
Rica Jones
November
2001
The
painting is in oil on plain-woven, linen canvas. It has a
late-twentieth-century... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Sally Fairchild c. 1885-1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early
portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 202.; McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
