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![]() | Claude Monet in his Bateau-Atelier c. 1887 | ![]()
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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 |
![]() | Two Women Asleep in a Punt under the Willows 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
![]() | Mrs. FritzWilliam Sargent (nee Mary Newbold Singer) 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
![]() | A Backwater at Wargrave 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
![]() | Under the Willows 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 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 |
![]() | Woman with Bow c. 1887 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
![]() | Mrs. Edward Darley Boit (Mary Louisa Cushing) Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | 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 |
- John Singer Sargent