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 | Coventry Patmore 1894 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | 
Subject: Who was Coventry Patmore
From: Philip Resheph
phi lip.res heph@btinternet.com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001
This was an
article in today's Guardian (British respectable newspaper NOT owned by Rupert
Murdoch) - I thought it might make a little addition to JSS's portrait of
Coventry Patmore, to which the article refers. . . .... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Frederick William Roller 1895 Frye Art Museum Seattle, WA |
From: Michael & Susan Roller
(r ol
lers@ukgateway.net)
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2004
As a quick
introduction to the family relationship with Sargent, as we understand it, Mrs
F W Roller [nee Eva Eyton].
Frederick William Roller himself [her husband] was a German immigrant to
the UK and was naturalised in 1857.
He was an import... | GA | igrkio |
 | Etta Dunham 1895 Fondazione Memmo Rome, Italy |
Etta Dunham
"mug"
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume
2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002,
no. 321.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Pagan Gods: Moloch (North End: Vaulting, Left side) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
"The
central figure on the left of the ceiling arch is Moloch, god of material
things, a hideous monster above whose bead stands the sun with rays reaching
down to draw forth the earth's bounty."
-- John
Singer Sargent, 1916
(Sargent's
Own Explanation on murals)
Directly
across from this is:
Pagan Gods Astarte
and head... | GA | igrkio |
 | Frieze of Prophets Oil on canvas Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
In 1913,
"The Prophets," were featured in the New York Times in an extensive
spread
The Israelites
Oppressed lunette and Frieze of
the Prophets
(North End)
General view of
North End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library
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 | Moses (North Wall) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
Moses is
presented a lot differently given his importance and is more traditional
-- which means in a more Iconic
– more pre-Renaissance --
pre-Perspective sort of way. But he is the only Prophet that is a relief -- and
that makes him, of course, stand out.
This dynamic of two-dimensional V. three-dimensional iconology really POPS... | GA | igrkio |
 | Dr. Morton Prince 1890 or 1895 Tufts University Gallery Medford, MA |
From: Richard Sugden,
PhD
(Wikipedia, submission)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005
Morton
Henry Prince (December 21, 1854 – August 31, 1929). American
neurologist.
Morton
Prince was an American physican who specialized in
neurology and abnormal psychology, and was leading force in establishing
psychology as a clinical and academic discipline. He was... | GA | igrkio |
 | Two Men in Biblical Costume c. 1895 |
Notes:
Exhibitions
Sargent in
the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art
Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/05/1999
Bibliography
Trevor
Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: the Sensualist (Seattle WA/New Haven CT,
2000), repr. as Folio 15, following p. 180
Trevor
Fairbrother, "A Private Album: John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. William Russell Cooke 1895 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Waist-length
portrait of Mrs. William Russell Cooke (1856-1914) standing before a crimson
red backdrop with her hands folded. She wears a black dress with white lace
collar, pendant, bracelet, and ring.
(SIRIS)
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Helen Sears 1895 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
17 years
later Sargent draws her:
Helen Sears
1912
See as it hung at the MFA, Boston
May 27, 2002
Notes:
Exhibitions
Impressionism
Abroad: Boston and French Painting: Royal Academy of Arts, London; Norton Museum
of Art, Palm Beach, FL; 2005-2006
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- John Singer Sargent
