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 | 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
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 | Jack Millet as a Baby 1888 | 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
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 | 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 |
 | Mrs. Edmond Kelly (nee Fannie Bartow) 1899 | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
