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 | 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 |
 | Miss Grace Woodhouse 1890 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | 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 |
- John Singer Sargent
