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 | Charles Stuart Forbes c. 1889 | 
American
born artist who studied with Sargent in Paris and fellow colleague. He was one
of four artists that painted Robert Browning in 1881 at Browning son's Palazzo
Rezzonico in Venice along with Ralph Curtis and others.
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Javanese Dancer 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
The
Javanese dancers had come to the Paris to perform in the colonial section of
the Paris Exposition Universal of 1889. They were so popular that they remained
for a time performing in theaters
and became part of cosmopolitan chic that was prevalent in the wake of the
Exposition.
Sargent,
not one to pass up an opportunity to paint exotic... | GA | igrkio |
 | A Javanese Dancer 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003
Bibliography:
Mount,
Charles Merrill, "John Singer Sargent: a
biography," London: Cresset Press, 1957.
Catalogue
JSS: 20055
SIRIS IAP:
81710128
CMM: K8911
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 | Lady Fishing - Mrs. Ormond 1889 |
From: Tate Gallery Display Caption
(29-Apr-1996)
Violet
1881
It was
while Sargent was living in the Cotswolds during the 1880s that his painting
was closest to Impressionism. He was friendly with Monet, whom he visited in France
several times. Sargent rented a large house in Fladbury, beside the River Avon,
in... | GA | igrkio |
 | Violet Fishing 1889 |
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York,
2003
Lady Fishing - Mrs.
Ormond
1889
Tate Gallery
London
Oil on canvas
184.8 x 97.8 cm
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 | A Portrait of Violet 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Possibly it
was Violet again that inspired Sargent sketch below:
Woman Sketch
Date?
Violet
1881
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York,
2003
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 | Woman Sketch c. 1889 ? |
This may be
Sargent's sister Violet
A Portrait of
Violet
1889
From: Harvard
Contained
in a Sketchbook with 16 numbered pages.
The
sketchbook contains portraits of several women, including: Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)
and Alice Guerin (Madame Paul Helleu). The sketchbook also contains studies of
animals: gorillas, cats,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Two Girls with Parasols at Fladbury 1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
See as it hung in the Met
2003
Note:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | Paul Helleu Lying in a Field c. 1889 |
Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife
1889
Portrait of Paul Helleu
c. 1885-1889
Note:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife 1889 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY |
The
painting was given very little notice in the reviews when it was exhibited,
however I find it one of my favorites of John's work and one of his truest
Impressionistic paintings.
Paul
César Helleu (French, 1859-1927) met Alice Louise Guérin in Paris
in 1884 and they married two years later. Alice became Paul's favorite model.
Over the... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
