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 | Mrs. Alice Mason 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Mrs. Alice Mason (1838-1913) wearing a black dress with white cuffs
and collar and a pearl necklace. She holds a feather fan in her
(SIRIS)
Note:
Exhibitions:
World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, no. 877.
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
 | 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 |
 | Claude Monet Painting 1885 |
When
Sargent arrived in Paris to
formally study painting in 1874, it was the same year of the Monet was
showing at the Exhibition of
Independents and was nine years after the scandalous exhibition of Edouard
Manet's Olympia. By 1885-1887 (as the exact date of this painting is in
question) the Impressionist moment was in full swing. Though... | GA | igrkio |
 | Pointy (portrait of Louise Burckhardt's dog) 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Christies
Pointy was
a mongrel owned by John Singer Sargent's close friend Louise Burckhardt. Edward
and Elizabeth Burckhardt, and their two daughters, Louise and Valerie, were
expatriates living in Paris. Sargent painted each member of the Burckhardt
family between 1880-1885, and the present picture was painted from sketches
Sargent made... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Frederick Barnard (Alice Faraday) 1885 |
Alice
Barnard (1847-1952) was the mother of Polly and Dorothy Barnard (both posed for
John's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose) and the wife of the artist Frederick
Barnard from the Broadway colony. It was at Broadway where they met John and in
the absence of any commissions Sargent practiced on
his friends.
In 1896,
her husband Frederick, died in a... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Alfred Parsons 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Alfred
William Parsons RA (1847-1920) was British landscape painter and illustrator,
born in Somerset raied in London.
He became
very much apart of the close nit artist group at
Broadway, probably through his friendship with Abbey -- they were roomates in London and had studios right next door to each
other. He illustrated for Harper's New... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sketchbook (Carnation/ Lily) Robert Louis Stevenson 1880-1885 |
Notes:
Sketchbook
measures 255 x 350 mm., individual sheets are approx. 247 x 345 mm.
The pages
are numbered in brown ink in the top right hand corner. Page eight is missing/
has been removed from the sketchbook. The condition of the sketchbook is fragile,
and many of the pages are loose. In an unpublished Harvard course paper, Anne
van Dijkum... | GA | igrkio |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife August 1885 |
Robert
Louis Stevenson is pacing and his wife Fanny is seated in background to the
right of the door. By and large, the critical review was mixed about this
painting. They thought the composition odd and the depiction of Stevenson
strange and unflattering, just as some people had said about Daughters of
Edward Darley Boit (1882). But... | GA | igrkio |
 | Terra Gosse 1885 |
Terra Gosse
and her father, Edmund Gosse, was part of the Broadway colony.
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sold
Christie's; 12/4/92; Lot 6; $242,000
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 | Dorothy Barnard (1) 1885-6 |
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
1885-86
Portrait of Dorothy Barnard
1889
(3-4 years later)
Polly Barnard
(A.K.A Girl in White Muslin)
1889
(3-4 years later)
Exhibitions
1916, Royal
Society of Portrait Painters, hosted at the Grafton Galleries, London. Opened
June, 1916.
John... | GA | igrkio |
 | Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885-1886 |
Conceived
under the most unusual of circumstances, and nurtured in a remarkable setting
at Broadway, this painting is overwhelmingly held out by the public -- then as
well as today -- to be the most favored painting of all his work. It is
universally believed to be one of his masterpieces. Carnation, Lily, Lily,
Rose, the title lifted from the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Self-Portrait in Profile Graphite c. 1885-1890 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Exhibition
of Drawings by John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Grand Central Art Galleries (New
York NY, 1928), repr.
David
McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, 1956),
p. 122, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
Trevor
Fairbrother, Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent... | 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 |
 | Sir Edmund Gosse 1886 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Sir Edmund Gosse, knighted much later in life (1849-1928), Poet and
writer; son of Philip Henry Gosse. He was born Sept. 21, 1849, London, Eng. and
died May 16, 1928, London.
He was an
English translator, literary historian, and critic who introduced the work of Henrik Ibsen and other continental European writers to
English readers.
Gosse... | GA | igrkio |
 | Millet's Garden 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Russell House
1887
(The Millet's house
at Broadway)
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | Portrait of Jacques-Emile Blanche c. 1886 |
From: Tate Gallery
Blanche
[1861-1942] is best known for his portraits of eminent writers, artists and
musicians. He lived near Dieppe and made frequent visits to England, where he
was a well-known figure in artistic and society circles. . .
(From the
display caption August 1993)
(Tate
Gallery)
From: 1911 Encyclopedia
BLANCHE,
JACQUES... | GA | igrkio |
 | A Gust of Wind 1886-87 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
The woman
featured in A Gust of Wind is Judith Gautier who wrote a favourable article on
Madame X. Reportedly she was a mistress of the composer Richard Wagner.
Melle Judith
Gautier à la Fourberie
1883-1885
Judith Gautier
1885
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New... | GA | igrkio |
 | Dr. FitzWilliam Sargent 1886 |
The
artist's Father.
Mrs FritzWilliam Sargent (nee Mary Newbold Singer)
1887
(wife to Dr. FitzWilliam Sargent)
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Cecil Wade (Frances Frew Wade) 1886 |
From the Neson Atkins:
Mrs. Cecil
Wade was among the first significant commissions that Sargent
received after his move to London. The painting forms a fascinating pendant to
Madame X. Both paintings stress the hourglass silhouette of the female figure
and the dramatic and elegant profile of the head. Madame X, however, seems
corrupt and jaded,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Douglas Dick (Isabelle Parrott) 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Brigadier Archibald Campbell Douglas
1886
(husband to Isabelle)
Notes:
Sold
Christie's; 12/3/1993; Lot 46; $772,500
Forum
From:
Kate Burke
Ka te. Bur ke@zen.co.uk
Date:
Fri, 21 Jan 2005
Thanks for
such a fantastic website. I was
searching the internet for my great-great grandparents and found paintings... | GA | igrkio |
 | Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Douglas 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Mrs. Douglas Dick
(Isabelle Parrott)
1886
(wife to Archibald)
Note:
Offered at
Sotheby's New York, not sold; 5/24/2000; Lot 50; Estimated $450,000-$650,000
Sold at
Spanierman Gallery date unknown
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 | The Birthday (Fete Familiale) 1887 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN |
From: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
[This]
depicts the family of the well-known French artists Albert Besnard (1849-1934)
and his wife Charlotte Dubray (1855-1931), whom Sargent had befriended by 1883.
(Minneapolis
Institute of Arts)
Paul Albert Besnard
Madame Besnard
1884
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. William Playfair (nee Emily Kitson, 1841-1916) 1887 Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA |
From: Traditional Fine Art Online
Mrs.
William Playfair was exhibited to great acclaim at
the Royal Academy in 1887 and at the 1888 Paris Salon. The sitter (nee Emily Kitson, 1841-1916) is shown wearing a sumptnous
yellow satin gown and a fur-lined, dark green velvet
cloak. Set against an abstract background of deep red, she is ready to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Laurence Millet 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
He was the
son of Francis Davis Millet whom Sargent knew from Broadway. Laurence Millet
(1884-1945) would become an attorney and practiced in New York. He was educated
at Harvard.
John Alfred Parsons
Millet
1892
(brother to
Laurence Millet)
Notes:
See letter
from Laurence Millet's Grandson:
David
Laurence... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Late Major E C Harrison as a Boy 1887 |
Although
the Fogg doesn't date the work, the very unusual nature of the painting with
the heavy halo effect may put in
line with some of the drawings he did for Alma Strettell's book Spanish and
Italian Folk Songs
Spanish Madonna
1887
Bibliography
John Singer
Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 Taft Museum of Art Cincinnati, OH |
This last
of the three portraits of Robert Louis Stevenson by Sargent was commissioned by
the Boston banker Charles Fairchild as a gift for his wife Elizabeth Nelson
Fairchild.
Robert Louis
Stevenson and His Wife
1885
| GA | igrkio |
 | Claude Monet in his Bateau-Atelier c. 1887 |
See also:
Claude Monet
Painting
c. 1885
Portrait of Claude
Monet
1889
Note:
There is
some confusion to dating of these informal
plein air paintings with Monet. The
SIRIS site
has the date of this one as being 1889, although I have found sources that say
he canceled a visit with Monet at Giverny that... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. FritzWilliam Sargent (nee Mary Newbold Singer) 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Elizabeth Allen Marquand (Mrs. G. Marquand) 1887 |
Henry G.
Marquand was a banker who made his money financing railroads for the
Vanderbilts and others. Both his wife and he were active in the arts, avid
collectors and possessed some of the finest Van Dycks in the United States, an
incredible array of Roman bronzes, and a superb collection of Chinese
porcelains.
In 1884,
the Marquands had... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Elizabeth Nelson Fairchild 1887 |
Mrs.
Charles Fairchild (Elizabeth Nelson
Fairchild 1845-1924).
Sargent
sent this painting off to be exhibited it at the New English Art Club that same
year. Mrs. Fairchild was a poet and was often a hostess of parties for artist
friends. It was probably through one of these social gatherings that John first
met them. It would be Mr.... | GA | igrkio |
 | General Lucius Fairchild 1887 State Historical Society of Wisconsin Madison, WI |
Quite a remarkable man. He was a three term Wisconsin Governor (1866-72); A
decorated civil war hero at Gettysburg were he
was severely wounded during the famous Pickett's charge and had his arm
amputated, was subsequently taken prisoner and eventually paroled. He then was
commissioned brigadier-general. After his term as governor he went on to... | 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 |
 | Mrs. Charles E. Inches (nee Louise Pomeroy) 1887 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Note
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York,
2003
Nicole Kidman's Mrs. Charles E. Inches
| GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Caspar Goodrich 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Christie's
While all
of Newport angled for a meeting with the great European-bred artist, Sargent
resided comfortably with his old friends, Admiral and Mrs. Caspar Goodrich,
parents of the young sitter. Charles Merrill Mount describes Sargent's arrival
in the United States: "He arrived at Torpedo Station huge and dominant,
smiling and... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Sons of Mrs. Malcolm Forbes 1887-1888 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Brothers
from left to right: Henry Forbes (b. 1882) and Gerrit Forbes (1880-ca.
1965)
Notes:
Image taken
from Dovercards, however documentation and dating from The Smithsonian
Catalogue of Works
Bibilography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 1, The early
portraits,"... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ruth Sears Bacon 1887 |
From: a great grandson
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002
"Ruth
Sears Bacon was my great-grandmother. By the time I knew "Gagy" she was about 95 years old (she died when she
was 102). Family lore has an interesting story around that picture. Apparently
she was a willful little girl, and disappeared somewhere off to play when she
was supposed to be... | GA | igrkio |
 | Isabella Stewart Gardner 1888 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
Much of the
wealth of European art that American now has in its museums has a lot to do
with a small handful of very farsighted and eccentric art collectors during the
Gilded Age . Few of these were as eccentric and interesting as Isabella Stewart
Gardner (1840-1925).
She was
born the daughter of David Stewart, a business owner from New York... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs William Henry Vanderbilt (Maria Louisa Kissam) 1888 |
George Washington Vanderbilt
1890
(youngest son to Mrs William Henry Vanderbilt)
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd from North Carolina, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me
this image.
| GA | igrkio |
 | Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt (Mrs. Elliot Fitch Shepard) 1888 San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio, TX |
From: Dale Headington
(Westlon
123 @ aol.com)
Date:
Wed, 30 Oct 2002
Margaret
Louisa Vanderbilt (1845-1924) was the eldest daughter of William Henry
Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (and therefore the sister of
William Kissam Vanderbilt I and George Washington Vanderbilt). She married
Elliott Fitch Shepard... | GA | igrkio |
 | Alice Vanderbilt Shepard 1888 |
The
painting was exhibited at the The World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, in 1893
along with eight other portraits.
This
portrait was unique -- not entirely -- but among many. Sargent had asked
Alice's parents for permission to paint her, he wasn't asked. John had been
executing a commission for her father, the lawyer and newspaper... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Adrian Iselin (nee Eleanora O'Donnell) 1888 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
Eleanora
(1818-1905), was the wife of a Swiss-American businessman. They were from New
York where this was painted. She was 64 years old.
Close-up Mrs.
Iselin's hand
See as it hangs at
the
National Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
2003
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney... | GA | igrkio |
 | Nettie Huxley (later Mrs. Rollar) 1888 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT |
Nattie
would marry Harold Roller and the both had visited Sargent when John's father
was ill according to Charteris
(Charteris p. 99). She is also referred to in Sargent's letter to Isabella
Stewart Gardner in 1889, but there she is referred to as Miss Huxley, so she
probably married Harold Roller later (see letter).
Anyway,
Charles Merrill... | GA | igrkio |
 | Edwin Austin Abbey Pencil Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT |
Edwin
Austin Abbey, (American artist, 1852-1911) best known for his illustrations for
Harpers magazine, his mural work for the Boston Public Library; murals at his
native state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; his many theatrical /
literary paintings; and The Coronation of Edward VII (1902-1904, Buckingham
Palace)
Edwin was
born in... | GA | igrkio |
 | Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot 1888 The Terra Foundation for American Art Chicago, IL |
Dennis
Miller Bunker was a young American painter from Boston. He had first met Sargent in Boston the winter of '87-'88 through Mrs.
Isabella Stewart Gardner, a patron of both Sargent
and the young Bunker.
In the Summer, Bunker plans to visited Sargent
at Calcot and writes to Mrs
Gardner:
June 25,
1888
I expect to
be off in the country in a... | GA | igrkio |
 | By the River 1888 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for letting
me know about this painting and being a friend of the JSS Gallery. See some of Andy Holzopfel's
paintings.
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003
| GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs George Gribble (Norah Royds) 1888 |
Norah Royds (1859-1923) married George James Gribble (of London)
on July 27, 1881. Seven years later, when she was about twenty-nine, Sargent painted her. They would have six children:
i.
Phyllis
ii. Norah
le Grand
iii.
Lesley
iv.
Barbara
v. Philip
le Grand 1891-
vi.
Julian Royds, VC 1897-19
Norah
survive, but... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth 1889 |
Probably
the closest Sargent ever got to the Pre-Raphael
Brotherhood was with his paintings of the famous actress, Dame Ellen Terry
(1847–1928) as Lady Macbeth after the first performance in the role; and
yet this is not at all an allegorical painting, just a straight portrait of the
actress in costume playing Lady Macbeth. Still, the tone, the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (sketch) 1889 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. J. W. Comyns Carr c. 1889 |
Joseph
Williams Comyns Carr (1849-1916), her husband, was an
art critic and theatre manager.
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003
| GA | igrkio |
 | George Henschel Oil on canvas Private Collection Unknown, USA |
When John
painted him, Henschel was directing the London Symphony Concerts and was very
much apart of that circle of artist in London.
From: Morrison Foundation.org
Sir George
(Isidor Georg) Henschel (b. Feb. 18, 1850; d. Sept. 10, 1934), was a celebrated
singer, composer and conductor. He entered the Leipzig Conservatory in 1867 and
studied... | GA | igrkio |
 | Cicely Horner c. 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Bonhams & Butterfield
A letter
dated 1924, relating to the provenance of this painting accompanies the lot. It
states in part: The Sargent picture "Lady Horner's Daughter" was
painted by Sargent at least fifteen years ago. It came through Mrs. C. Lewis
Hind of London direct from the family, within the last three years./Mrs. Hind
took... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Claude Monet 1889 National Academy of Design New York, NY |
Though Sargent's work was increasingly more and more about
portraits, diverging substantially from the work Monet was doing, the two men
retained a very close friendship.
A wounderful account of this was written by Martin Birnbaum called "John Singer Sargent,
A Conversation Piece." Many years later (maybe around 1901 when there was
a lot of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Painting of Gabriel Faure 1889 |
French
composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) is widely regarded as the greatest
master of French song. Sargent met Fauré in Paris when he was living
there and studying. He fell in love with his work and would be a big supporter
of Fauré most of his life.
Gabriel
Fauré (graphite)
1896
Gabriel Faure... | 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 |
 | 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
| GA | igrkio |
 | 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
| GA | igrkio |
 | 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
| GA | igrkio |
 | 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
| GA | igrkio |
 | 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
| GA | igrkio |
 | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Miss Priestley c. 1889 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Dorothy Barnard 1889 |
From: Fitzwilliam Museum
The subject
of this unfinished portrait was Miss Dorothy Barnard (1878-1949), daughter of
the painter and illustrator of Dickens -- Frederick Barnard (1848-96), one of
Sargent's friends from the artistic colony in the Cotswold village of Broadway,
whom he met for the first time in 1885. Dorothy and her sister Polly were... | GA | igrkio |
 | Polly Barnard (A.K.A Girl in White Muslin) 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
1885-86
(Polly Barnard with her sister years earlier)
Portrait of Dorothy Barnard
1889
(sister to Polly Barnard)
Mrs. Frederick Barnard
1885
(mother to Polly Barnard)
| GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Elsie Palmer 1889-90 |
Miss Elsie
Palmer later Mrs. L. H. Myers (1873-1955). She was the daughter of a wealthy
expatriate American from Colorado.
Mrs. Palmer had rented the Ightham Mote house near Kent of which Sargent
became a frequent guest. It was here that he also painted A Game of Bowls.
At this
time, Sargent was far more popular with Americans and although... | GA | igrkio |
 | Alma Strettell (or "Stretell") c. 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Alma Strettell, later Alma Strettell
Harrison 1856-1939
Poet and
writer, she was intensly interested in folk music and
wrote or co-wrote:
Spanish and
Italian Folk-Songs; London, 1887
Legends
from River and Mountain; Carmen Sylva (H. M. Queen of Roumania)
and Alma Strettell, Illustrated by T. H. Robinson,
George Allen, London, 1896,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Clementina Anstruther-Thomson 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Description:
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Clementina Anstruther-Thomson (1857-1921) standing outdoors. She
wears a walking suit and hat. Her hands hold her coat at her chest.
Portrait of Miss Clementina
1889
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete... | 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 |
 | Old Man with Dark Turban c. 1890-91 |
Bibliography:
Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John
Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing
(London, England, 1998), p. 189, under no. 78
Exhibition History:
First
Sight: Newly Conserved Works at the Fogg, Harvard
University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/17/1993
Sargent
in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil... | GA | igrkio |
 | Old Man with a White Turban 1890 - 1895 |
Bibliography
Elaine
Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery
Publishing (London, England, 1998), p. 189, under no. 78
Exhibition
First
Sight: Newly Conserved Works at the Fogg, Harvard University Art Museums,
Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/17/1993
| GA | igrkio |
 | Man with a White Turban 1890 - 1895 |
Notes:
These were
accessioned in 1990, using 1937 accession numbers [Editor's Note - what's up
with that? ]. First set of dimensions given above are image dimensions; second
set are dimensions of new stretcher. Curatorial file contains unpublished paper
by Lydia Vagts, Conservation Intern, and article by M. Kingsbury. From Timothy
Burgard's... | GA | igrkio |
 | Old Man with a White Beard 1890 - 1895 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Elaine
Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery
Publishing (London, England, 1998), p. 189, under no. 78
| GA | igrkio |
 | Man in Blue Turban c. 1890 - 1891 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Elaine
Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery
Publishing (London, England, 1998), cat. no 78, p. 189, repr. in color, detail
repr. in color p. 176
| GA | igrkio |
 | Study of a Head of a Bull 1891-1892 |
From his
trip to the middle east he would use a version of this in his Boston Public
Library Murals
Pagan Gods Moloch
(North End: Vaulting, Left side)
1895
Notes:
Bibliography
Martha
Kingsbury, "Sargent's Murals in the Boston Public Library",
Winterthur Portfolio, 1976, vol. XI, p. 167, fig.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study of an Egyptian Architectural Facade 1891 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John
Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate
Gallery Publishing (London, England, 1998), p. 184, cat. no 74, repr. in
color
| GA | igrkio |
 | An Egyptian Woman Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for taking
this picture at the Met (2002) and being a friend of the JSS Gallery. See some of Andy Holzopfel
paintings.
Possibly
No. 915 or 916 on Charles Merrill Mount list
| GA | igrkio |
 | Egyptian Woman With Earring 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for taking this picture at the Met
(2002) and being a friend of the JSS Gallery. See some of Andy Holzopfel paintings.
Possibly
No. 915 or 916 on Charles Merrill Mount list
| GA | igrkio |
 | Egyptian Girl 1891 |
The nude
Egyptian Girl, I believe, is the only female nude that Sargent did in oil. As
the name implies, the painting was done in Egypt on his trip there to do
research for the Boston Public Library murals. In some ways it harks back to
the Velazquez's Venus at her Mirror. Like Sargent, this was Velazquez's only
female nude and both men paint... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sunset at Cairo 1891 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
The
painting last sold through A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings -- per private
correspondence with Colleen Zorn, of A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Tue, 26 Oct
2004
A.J. Kollar
Fine Paintings, 1421 East Aloha Street, Seattle, Washington USA 98112
Tel :
(206) 323-2156
Fax: (206)
323-1835
Email:
(co ll... | GA | igrkio |
 | Constantinople 1891 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Don't foget
this painting is only five inches high.
And
center-right, through the masts of the finsihing boats is the Hagia Sophia:
See photos of Hogia
Sophia (Santa Sofia)
| GA | igrkio |
 | Interior of Hogia Sophia 1891 |
From: Speed Art Museum
According
to an account published in 1925, Sargent bribed an
official to gain access to Hagia Sophia. He made this
sketch in the early morning, just as warm, golden light began to fill the
space. Although he worked rapidly, Sargent still was
able to capture perfectly the grandeur and mystery of the building’s
expansive... | GA | igrkio |
 | Frieze of the Prophets (Study) c. 1892 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
As John
works at Morgan Hall (with Abbey) he toys with different conceptual ideas for
his Library decorations. This particular Prophet study shows him wrestling with
the arrangement. The demonstrative arms flailing upwards would indicate this
was an early study for the "Despairing Profits" -- four in this case
-- what would later become... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Conversation, Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Lewis 1891 |
From: MBFA
The work
may have been executed at the Hotel Palumbo in Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast in
Italy, where Sargent stayed with Edwin Austin Abbey and his wife for several
weeks in July of 1891. The work depicts Miss Elizabeth Lewis (Lady Lewis) who was
later painted by [Sargent] in 1892.
Lady Lewis
was the wife of Sir George Lewis.
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge 1890 |
Lodge began
his career in Congress in 1887, armed with all the confidence that his
distinguished New England ancestry, Harvard education, and wide circle of
influential friends could bestow. A power in the Senate and in the Republican
Party, he was noted for his scorn of the alliance between big business and
corrupt politicians. Close friends... | GA | igrkio |
 | La Carmencita 1890 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France |
Carmencita
was apparently an very interesting and colorful character, a highly spirited
Spanish Gypsy Dancer who performed all over Europe and on the east coast of the
United States. Sargent had first met her in 1889 in Paris. When he sees her
again, this time in New York, he talks her into letting him paint her. She
turned out to be a very... | GA | igrkio |
 | La Carmencita (2) 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
La Carmencita
1890
Notes:
See the
year in review 1890
Forum:
From: Benjamin
<achi eveab ilities@sbcglobal.net>
Date: December 23, 2003
Hi Natasha,
First of
all, I have been a frequent visitor of your site for some time now-if only one
museum can hold all the Sargent paintings that are on... | GA | igrkio |
 | Homer Saint-Gaudens and his Mother 1890 |
Painted in
a barrowed studio in New York on twenty-third street and Lexington Avenue, this
portrait was done in exchange for the sculpted bronze that Saint-Gaudens was
doing of John's sister. The two friends took great pleasure in each of their
assignments.
The unusual
arrangement here begs only one explanation. Though it's not really explained... | GA | igrkio |
 | Julian Alden Weir 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
J. Alden Weir with Sargent at Weir's farm Ridgefield, Connecticut
maybe 1919
Notes:
Special
thanks to Jim Perry, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me the image of
Sargent's painting.
From: Jim Perry
nomads 85
750@earthlink.net
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005
One of my
hobbies is a large database I've created with... | GA | igrkio |
 | Katherine Pratt 1890 |
Three-quarter-length
seated portrait of Katharine Chase Pratt (1875-1942) wearing a white dress. Her
left hand is on her hip and her right hand is on her chest with one finger
playing with her beaded necklace. The backdrop consists of a landscape with a dark
tree.
Katherine Chase Pratt
1890
Note
Exhibitions: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Katherine Chase Pratt 1890 Worcester Art Museum Worcester, MA |
Three-quarter-length
portrait sketch of Katherine Chase Pratt (1875-1942) seated next to a hydrangea
bush. She wears a white dress and leans her right arm on the back of the chair.
Katherine Chase Pratt
1890
Note:
Exhibitions:
Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Sixty Sixth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sally Fairchild (profile sketch), unfinished 1890 |
Note:
Sold
Sotheby's; 5/25/1988; Lot 162; $60,500
Date by
Charles Merrill Mount list. The SIRIS has it dated 1887.
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, no. 203.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston,"... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sally Fairchild with Blue Veil 1890 |
This
painting is one of many which sargent
painting of Sally Fairchild. this one is so
wonderfully mysterious with the veil over her face. John was on very good terms
with her parents and felt no restraints about being creative. He had known the
family at least since 1887 when he did his first flurry of American paintings
in the United States.... | GA | igrkio |
 | George Washington Vanderbilt 1890 |
This guy is
a real interesting and eccentric character. He was a supporter of Sargent and commissioned a number of portraits, this being
one of them. In many ways George Vanderbilt defined his generation of what Mark
Twain would call the Gilded Age.
From his
inheritance from his parents he would set out to build the largest private home
in the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Augustus Hemenway 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Waist-length
portrait of Mrs. Augustus Hemenway nee Harriet Dexter Lawrence (1858-1960)
wearing a black dress and holding a white flower.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2002, no.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Peter Chardon Brooks (nee Sarah Lawrence) 1890 Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA |
From: Antiques and Fine Art
Mrs. Peter
Chardon Brooks, whose maiden name was Sarah Lawrence, lived from 1845 to 1915.
She was the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Appleton and noted manufacturer and
philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence, for whose family the Massachusetts city of
Lawrence is named.
In 1890, Sargent painted this portrait of Mrs.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Eleanor Brooks (Mrs. Richard Middlecott Saltonstall) 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Miss
Eleanor Brooks was painted in 1890
in West
Medford, Massachusetts. At this time Sargent also painted a bust length
likeness of Eleanor’s father Peter Chardon Brooks, and a large seated
portrait of Eleanor’s mother Sarah (both in private collections). Sargent
may have known members of the Brooks family prior to receiving... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
