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 | Vespers 1909 | 
Painted at
Corfu according to the Walker museum.
Notes:
Special
thanks to Philip Rsheph, of London, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for help with
this image and information.
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 | Val d'Aosta (A Stream over Rocks),(Stream in Val d'Aosta) c. 1909 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Under the Rialto Bridge 1909 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Photo's and history of Rialto Bridge
Sargent's
painting, of course, is under the bridge, and his interest, besides the nice
composition, is the play of light on the water and how the shadow of the bridge
effects that.
He revisits
this subject a number of times.
Other Rialto Paintings
The Rialto,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Two GIrls in White Dresses c. 1909-1911 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Treetops against Sky c. 1909-1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Rialto c. 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Exhibited
London,
England, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A.,
1926, no. 26, illustrated p. 100
New York,
New York City Art Gallery, New York City Art Gallery Loan Exhibition, 1926, no.
2
Bibliography
Hon. Evan
Charteris, John Sargent, New York, 1927, p. 291
Richard
Ormond, John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Earl of Wemyss and March 1909 Private collection: Earl of Wemyss Gosford, East Lothian |
Description:
Three-quarter-length
standing portrait of the Earl of Wemyss and March
(1818-1914) holding a hat in his left hand and a cane in his right hand.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The
later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study of a Fig Tree 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Rio dei Mendicanti c. 1909 Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN |
From Indianapolis Museum of Art (9/5/08)
"Sargent
drew and painted, the accidental things that caught
his eye, the queer and irregular shapes of dark gondolas on the canals . . .
the flash of light on the facades of palaces and the reflections on the
glittering water."
-Martin Hardie,
1930
Sargent
gave this watercolor to his friend... | GA | igrkio |
 | Oranges at Corfu c. 1909 Worcester Art Museum Worcester, MA |
View looking down toward a terrace balustrade with a grove of orange
trees growing just beyond, and the deep blue water of the Adriatic Sea visible
over the treetops.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Bibliography:
Johns,
Elizabeth, "Paths to Impressionism: French and American Landscape
Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum," Worcester, MA: Worcester... | GA | igrkio |
 | Olive Trunk 1909? Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Olive Trees, Corfu (watercolor) 1909 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | GA | igrkio | |
 | Olive Trees, Corfu 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Olive Trees at Corfu 1909 Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field | GA | igrkio | |
 | Lights and Shadows, Corfu 1909 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
"Sargent
once confessed that enormous views and huge skies did not tempt him. Many of
his outdoor watercolor sketches reflect this outlook, for he tended to focus on
objects bathed in light and color rather than broad panoramic views. In this
simple scene of a hut in the park of the royal villa, Monrepos, on Corfu, where
he was staying in 1909,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lady Desborough (Ethel 'Ettie' Grenfell) 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002
Here is
Ethel ('Ettie') Grenfell, later Lady Desborough, wife of William Grenfell,
later Lord Desborough. The drawing
is from 1909. The Grenfells home,
Taplow Court, was 'next door' to the Astors' Cliveden estate. Ettie and Nancy Astro were... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lady Cynthia Charteris 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
Matt D avies@jssgallery.org
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
Cynthia Charteris (1909), daughter of
Hugo and
Mary Elcho (later the Earl and Countess of Wemyss),
both members of the
Souls.
Mary (Cynthia's mother) was painted by Sargent in
'The Wyndham Sisters'. Her bother was Hugo Charteris.
Cynthia
later married the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lady Astor 1909 National Trust Cliveden, UK |
Lady Astor
- Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess (1879-1964) .
She was
born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, an
American daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne of Danville, Virginia. Her first
husband was Robert Gould Shaw; they were divorced in 1903 and then she moved to
England. Three years later she married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952).... | GA | igrkio |
 | In a Garden, Corfu (Jane de Glehn in Corfu) 1909 The Terra Foundation for American Art Chicago, IL |
The Fountain at Villa Torlonia in Frascati, Italy
1907
(Jane de Glehn painting)
Note
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | Hillside 1909 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Entrance to a Venetian Palazzo 1906-10 |
Base of a Palace
1904
Watercolor
Notes:
Special
thanks to Michele Lener, of Italy, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me
a link to this image.
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sargent and
Italy, 2002-2003
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 | Corfu: the Terrace 1909 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Corfu: Cypresses 1909 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Corfu: A Rainy Day 1909 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Corfu circa 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sargent
first trip to Corfu was in 1908 acording to (Sargent Abroad: Figures and
Landscapes, New York, 1997, p. 119).
Notes:
Exhibited:
London,
England, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of the Works by the late John Singer
Sargent, R. A., Winter Exhibition, 1926, no. 548
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, William Penn Memorial Museum, An... | GA | igrkio |
 | Brook and Meadow c. 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Albanian Olive Pickers at Work 1909 Manchester City Art Galleries Manchester, UK | GA | igrkio | |
 | A Garden in Corfu c 1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Note:
Offered but
not sold Christie's; 5/26/1994; Lot 92; estimated $400,00-$600,000
Date
estimated by Natasha
Forum
From: Stan
g ra
nt4art@cableone.net
Date: Apr
12, 2006
Hi Natasha-
. . .What prompts me to write is that I think I found an oil
piece of Mr. Sargents that you list as watercolor. The "A Garden in Corfu".... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
