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 | Violet Paget (Vernon Lee) 1881 | 
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sketchbook 1880 Man on Sofa with Painter c. 1880-1881 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA |
The page
from the sketchbook is double sided. On the reverse is a sketch of a Dancer for
El Jaleo (my title since there doesn't appear to be one).
Sketchbook 1880
Dancer for El Jaleo
c. 1880-1881
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 | Violet 1881 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Edouard and Marie-Loise Pailleron 1881 |
The
Children's parents were painted by John two years previous:
Monsieur and Madame
Pailleron
1879
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Great
Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children; 2004-2005
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 | Lady with the Rose (Miss Charlotte Louise Burckhardt) 1882 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
From: Wonsug
Jung
10/9/99
. . .the woman Sargent had [a]
relationship with her right before she got married was Charlotte Louise
Burckhardt (Lady with the Rose, which is hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art . . . I have read somewhere
that there was even a talk of an engagement. She died so young, not long after
her... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mr. & Mrs. John White Field 1882 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Madame Paul Escudier c. 1882-1884 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown, MA |
Bust
portrait of Madame Paul Escudier (1861-1950) wearing a black coat with diamond
pin and a black hat with white ribbons. (SIRIS)
Sargent
emphasizes the sitter's hat, which is central to her overall appearance and
style. A decorative mound of wide white ribbons on the top of her hat makes a
bold statement against her black dress and a painted... | GA | igrkio |
 | Madame Paul Escudier (1) 1882 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL |
Ormond and
Kilmurray say in their book, Early Portraits (p.63), that not a lot is known
about this painting and its origin. In 1923 the painting was purchased by
Charles Deering, a close friend of Sargent.
Madame Paul
Escudier
1882
Notes:
This is a
new aquisition to the Art Institute as of 2008 (acquisition from (Saz)... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mademoiselle Boussenet-Duclos 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 51.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Arthur Daintrey c. 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Daintrey
was an English [1] art student in Paris who enrolled in Alexandre Cabanel's
atelier in 1872 at the age of 29. He was born in 1843 and if the dating of this
painting is correct, he would have been 39 when Sargent painted him.
Other
artists in Cabanel's atelier in the 70's included Henry Bacon, Frank Fowler,
Charles Stuart Forbes, Kenyon... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
