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 | Mrs. Graham Moore Robertson 1894 Watts Gallery Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England | 
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Mrs. Robertson , nee Marion Greatorex (d. 1907) seated on a sofa
with her left arm resting on the sofa's arm and holding a handkerchief. A
feather fan is on the sofa beside her. She wears a black dress with high collar
and necklace.
W. Graham Robertson
1894
(son to Mrs. Graham Moore Robertson)
... | GA | igrkio |
 | W. Graham Robertson 1894 |
W. (Walford) Graham Robertson (1866-1948) was a gentleman
artist. Born in London from a wealthy family he eventually dabbled in many
forms and styles starting from Pre-Raphaelite oils to illustrations,
caricatures, to portraits, later impressionistic landscapes, as well as being a
talented writer. He was deeply interested in the theater and by... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ada Rehan 1894-1895 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Ada Rehan,
1860-1916 an Irish born American actress. Her name was actually Ada Crehan, but
took the stage name of Ada Rehan after being once mistakenly billed as
such.
She was
popular in comedy roles in New York theater, and played the leading woman of
the Augustin Daly Stock Company with more than 200 different roles. She join
John Drew's... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Ernest Hills c. 1894 |
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Mrs. Ernest Hills (Constance Malanie Wynne-Roberts) (d. 1932)
standing with one hand holding a white feather fan and resting on the back of
an armchair. She wears a black gown and cape with broad white lace panels.
(SIRIS)
Mrs. Ernest Hills
c.1906
Note:
References: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | 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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 | Richard Morris Hunt 1895 Biltmore House Asheville, NC |
Richard
Morris Hunt (1828-1895) was an architect who is widely credited as the one of
the fathers of American architecture. He started the first studio in America to
formally train young architects in New York and took a prominent role in
founding the American Institute of Architects, of which he became president in
1888. Much of his work is... | GA | igrkio |
 | Frederick Law Olmsted 1895 Biltmore House Asheville, NC |
"I
have all my life been considering distant effects and sacrificing immediate
success and applause to that of the future."
-- Fredrick
Law Olmsted
Frederick
Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is widely recognized as the founder of American landscape
architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker. His first, his most loved,
and in many ways he's best... | GA | igrkio |
 | Angels, after a relief, Church of Los Jeronimos, Granada 1893-1916 |
From: Harvard
Clear wax
used as a resist to produce white highlights.
The subject
of this watercolor has been identified by Mary Crawford Volk (unpublished
letter in the drawing department's curatorial files,16 July 1990) as a relief panel
in the 16th-century "retablo" of the Church of Los Jer—nimos in
Granada. According to the diary entry of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Lancelot Allen 1894 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Alice Meynell (nee Thompson) 1894 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | Etta Dunham (1) 1894 | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Israelites Oppressed and Frieze of the Prophets (North End, lunette) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Pagan Gods (Full Image 1) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Prophets: Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, Hosea (West Wall) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Prophets: Amos, Nahum, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah (North Wall, left side of Moses) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Prophets: Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah, Habakkuk (North Wall, right side of Moses) 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Prophets: Micah, Haggai, Malacchi, Zecharia (North End, East Wall) 1890-95 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Study of Drapery for Freize of the Prophets c. 1892 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | Study of Ezekiel for Frieze of the Prophets c. 1891-92 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | A. (Recto) Amos with Staff and Rope 1890-1895 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Study of a Young Man (Cloaked) c. 1895 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | "Expectancy": A Portrait of Frances Winifred Hill c.1895 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Street, Tangier 1895 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Tangier 1895 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
