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Violet Sargent (Bench)

c. 1883
Watercolor
50.9 x 61.8 cm (20.04 x 24.33 in.)

Taft Museum of Art

Cincinnati, OH

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Violet Sargent

c.1883
Watercolor on paper
45.08 x 21.59 cm (17 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. )

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Violet Resting on the Grass

1889
Watercolor
24.77 x 34.29 cm (9.75 x 13.5 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Violet Paget (Vernon Lee)

1881
Oil on canvas
53.7 x 43.2 cm (20 x 16 in.)

notes
Vernon Lee, was a pen name for Violet Paget (1856-1935). She was a childhood friend of John Sargent, after growing up together they both, it appears, were involved in the same art community. She was a prolific novelist, essayist and critic, and  had written at least one book about the nature of beauty in Art. Vernon was close to John and his...
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Violet Fishing

1889
Oil on canvas
71.1 x 53.3 cm (28 x 21 in.)

notes
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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Violet

1881
Oil on canvas
69.85 x 57.15 cm (27.52 x 22.01 in)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Violet Sargent (1870-1955) was John's youngest sister. After studying at the Accademia delle Belle Arti, she married Francis Ormond. Of the three siblings, Violet was the only one to marry and she would have six children (see Genealogy). She, along with her daughters would be featured in so many of John's paintings -- really too long to list (in...
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Viola Tree, 1907

1907
Charcoal on Paper
61 x 48.3 cm (24 x 19 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Viola was the daughter of the well-known actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Her uncle was Max Beerbohm. "31 Tite Street"  Max Beerbohm Notes:  Special thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me a note regarding this image.  At the time of the exhibit in 1979, it was owned by her...
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Vines and Cypresses

c. 1910
Watercolor on paper
36.2 x 50.2 cm (14 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Village Children

1890
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.2 cm (25 x 30 in.)

Yale University Art Gallery

New Haven, CT

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Villa Torre Galli: The Loggia

1910
Oil on canvas
55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

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