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Alfred son of Asher Wertheimer 1901 |
Forum:
Subject: Alfred son
of Asher is significant and personal
From: raven
schultz
Date: 07 Feb 2001
boy oh boy.... well, i first saw this painting life size and
in the flesh at the seattle art museum and completely fell IN LOVE with
it. have you ever seen this
one? well, it's significance to me
is personal. it reminds me... | GA | igrkio | |
Hylda Daughter of Asher and Mrs Wertheime 1901 |
From: Tate Gallery
Hylda was
the third daughter of the wealthy art dealer Asher Wertheimer . . . The
portrait of Hylda is in the grand manner of the old masters, and great care is
given to the depiction of the different luxurious textures of her clothing.
Sargent tried to dissuade Hylda from wearing her pince-nez, which undermine
this illusion,... | GA | igrkio | |
Mrs. Edward Goetz 1901 Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts Provo, UT |
The sitter
was an amateur pianist and composer.
Notes:
Biliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2003, no. 401.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration: ... | GA | igrkio | |
Dame Ethel Smyth 1901 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
From: Women's Voices
Dame Ethel
Mary Smyth (1858-1944) overcame the constraints of her middle-class English
background by open rebellion. Taught piano and theory as ladylike
accomplishments, she became so concentrated in her studies that her family
deemed them unsuitably intense, and stopped her lessons. The teenaged Ethel
went on a... | GA | igrkio | |
Lady Meysey-Thompson c. 1901 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Egerton Leigh Winthrop 1901 Knickerbocker Club New York, NY |
Description:
Three-quarter-length
standing portrait of Egerton Leigh Winthrop (1838-1916) wearing a morning coat
and yellow waistcoat. He holds a cane and top hat in his right hand.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer
Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New... | GA | igrkio | |
John Ridgely Carter 1901 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Professor Ingram Bywater 1901 | GA | igrkio | ||
George McCulloch 1901 Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA |
George
McCulloch (1848-1907) made his fortune in silver mining in Australia before
coming to London to live as a gentleman of leisure and art collector. He was
friends with many of the Royal Academy and had, by the time of his death,
amassed an amazing collection of contemporary work numbering more than 400 with
more than half of those considered... | GA | igrkio | |
On His Holidays 1901 Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village, UK |
The
painting is of Alexander McCulloch (1887 - 1951). He was with his father George
McCulloch (thumbnail) and John during a trip to the Sundal Valley in Norway in 1901.
Alexander was something like 14 years old at the time and Sargent paints him
with his school cap on.
When you
see this thing in a gallery, it's huge and nearly takes up a... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent