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 | Venetian Wineshop 1898 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Venetian Interior Pavement 1898? Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
This
painting signed, John Singer Sargent in the lower right (which you can't see
here) was recently offered for sale
at EBay. Accompanying the photos (and there were others) was documentation of a
scientific test which dated the painting before Sargent's death.
Q. What an
interesting mystery, would you please comment on this painting.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Tiepolo Ceiling, Milan c. 1898-1900 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Pavement 1898 Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Ross |
A stunning
painting of the interior of San Marco in Venice.
After
almost two full decades since his Venetian Studies of 1880 and 1882, Sargent
seems to be captivated once again by the dark interiors and play of light of
this wonderful city. What is different this time, at least in the case of this
painting, is a higher degree of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Senator Calvin Brice 1898 July 18th-28th Allen County Historical Society Lima, OH |
Senator
Calvin Stewart, (b 1845 - d 1898) Served as chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, 1889; then one term as Senator from 1891-1897 as a Democrat from
Ohio, did not run for reelection. Died five months after this painting in New
York December 15, 1898.
(bioguide.congress.gov
10-19-08)
Description: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Pauline Astor c. 1898 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino San Marino, CA |
"This
is Sargent's largest and most impressive Full-Length Portrait in a Landscape
Setting" (The Huntington's
description on notecards and posters)
From: Traditional Fine Art Online
"Pauline
Astor (1880-1970), who sat for her portrait by Sargent, was the eldest daughter
of the Amencan financier William Waldorf Astor, who emigrated from New... | GA | igrkio |
 | Octavia Hill 1898 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. Charles Huntington (nee' Jane Hudson Sparkes later: Lady Huntington) 1898 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY |
Note:
Bibliography:
"American
Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn:
Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 932.
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2002, no. 361.
"The
Brooklyn Museum, American... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Charles Hunter (nee Mary Smyth) 1898 |
Mary Smyth
married Charles Hunter in 1875 along with his huge fortune in mining interests.
She had an eccentric sister, Ethel Smyth (whom John would draw in 1901). The
two women were quite the pair. Mary was not to be outdone by her sister -- or
at least she tried. It was her 'sacred duty,' her sister would reflect in her
1940 memoir "What... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Charles F. St.Clair Anstruther-Thomson (nee Agnes) 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
