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 | Oyster Gatherers of Cancale (Sketch), Also titled Fishing for Oysters at Cancale 1878 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | 
I originally had the sketch incorrectly
marked.
From: Wonsug Jung
10/23/99
Hi, Nat.
I have
found in your thumbnail gallery page 1, 'Oyster Gatherers of Cancale' is
wrongly referred to as a collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
DC.
But this
image is a sketch version (you can tell it quickly by the hair color of the boy
on... | GA | igrkio |
 | Oyster Gatherers of Cancale 1878 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
Three days of arid Paris
contain less delights than one Cancalaise hour.
When
Sargent visited there in 1877, many of the men were away -- as they would often
be through the nineteenth century -- sailing far into the ocean bound for the
rich fisheries of Newfoundland, gambling big on a catch that might pay
handsomely. Fathers, sons, brothers,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Carolus-Duran 2nd painting 1879 |
Charles
Auguste Émile Duran (1837-1917) better known as Carolus-Duran was
Sargent's teacher and would have a profound impact on him.
Page from
"L'Estafette" with Reproduction of Carolus-Duran Drawing
(Pasted in John
Singer Sargent's sketchbook)
June 28, 1880
Carolus-Duran
was born at Lille on July 4, 1837. He studied at... | GA | igrkio |
 | Neapolitan Children Bathing 1879 |
This
painting was inspired by his trip to Naples in 1878 which he took with his
family.
A Nude Boy on a
Beach
1878
Notes:
Special
thanks to Stephanie, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me a tip about
these images.
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 | Sketch of Women Walking Graphite and charcoal on cardboard | GA | igrkio | |
 | In the Luxembourg Gardens 1879 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA |
The
Luxembourg Gardens began as part of the Palais
du Luxembourg which was built in 1620 for Marie de Médicis,
widow of Henri IV, on the site of former mansion of Duke of Luxembourg.
The gardens
are 25 hectares large (61.8 acres). They are part formal garden with terraces
and gravel paths,
part "English garden" of lawns, and part... | GA | igrkio |
 | Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight 1879 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN |
Within the Luxembourg Gardens looking towards the dome of the Panthéon in the background.
The
inscription at the bottom is partly cut off by the image but it reads: "To my
friend McKim John S Sargent."
This was Charles Follen McKim
who would form McKim, Mead and White, the
architectural firm who would work with Sargent in
1890 on the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver about 1879-80 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mme. Francois Buloz (Christine Blaze) 1879 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA |
Publications
Los Angeles
County Museum of Art Bulletin, 1973, Museum Associates of the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, 1973, Volume XIX, Number 2.
Fort, Ilene Susan and
Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1991.
Kilmurray, Elaine and
Ormond,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jeanne Kieffer, later Mrs. Edouard de Valcourt (1872-1923) 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Image taken
from Dovercards, however documentation and dating
from The Smithsonian Catalogue of Works
There is a
companion portrait of her brother, Rene Kieffer (IAP
record 81690256).
Exhibitions
Great
Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children;
2004-2005
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
