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 | Madame Paul Escudier (1) 1882 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | 
Ormond and
Kilmurray say in their book, Early Portraits (p.63), that not a lot is known
about this painting and its origin. In 1923 the painting was purchased by
Charles Deering, a close friend of Sargent.
Madame Paul
Escudier
1882
Notes:
This is a
new aquisition to the Art Institute as of 2008 (acquisition from (Saz)... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mademoiselle Boussenet-Duclos 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 51.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The
early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Arthur Daintrey c. 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Daintrey
was an English [1] art student in Paris who enrolled in Alexandre Cabanel's
atelier in 1872 at the age of 29. He was born in 1843 and if the dating of this
painting is correct, he would have been 39 when Sargent painted him.
Other
artists in Cabanel's atelier in the 70's included Henry Bacon, Frank Fowler,
Charles Stuart Forbes, Kenyon... | GA | igrkio |
 | El Jaleo 1882 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
Q. What is the meaning of El Jaleo?
I just
viewed a video called American Visions: the Gilded Age, done for PBS in 1997
written and narrated by Robert Hughes. In it he talks about El Jaleo. He says
it means the spontaneous clapping and shouting that comes like an
"Olay!" at the apex of a performance.
So what
we're seeing is the zenith of the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sketch After "El Jaleo" c. 1879-82 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Note:
Sale
Sold at
Sotheby's New York, 30 Nov 2005; Session 1, Sale No. N08134, Lot 41; $228,000
USD (was estimated
125,000—175,000 USD)
Sold
Sotheby's; 12/1/1994; Lot 10; $76,750
This drawing
will be included in a forthcoming volume of the J.S. Sargent catalogue
raisonné being compiled by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study for Seated Figures for "El Jaleo" c. 1882 |
Bibliography:
Evan
Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 282
Charles
Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent, a Biography [1st ed.] (New York, NY, 1955),
no. K8223
Richard
Ormond, "Sargent's El Jaleo", Fenway Court, p. 15, repr. p. 16 as
fig. 14
Richard
Ormond, John Singer Sargent: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors (New York, NY... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study for Seated Figures for "El Jaleo" (2) c. 1882 |
Bibliography:
Evan
Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 282
Martin
Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925; a conversation
piece (New York, NY, 1941), p. 57, repr. in b/w
Charles
Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent, a Biography [1st ed.] (New York, NY, 1955),
no. K8222
Richard
Ormond, "Sargent's El Jaleo",... | GA | igrkio |
 | Isabel Valle (Mrs. George Austen) 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, no. 48.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
"City
Art Museum Catalogue of Paintings," St. Louis: City Art Museum, St.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Albert de Belleroche (half portrait) c. 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Albert de
Belleroche (1864-1944) was a fellow art student in Carolus-Duran's studio. He
joined the atelier in '82 at the age of eighteen making him the Freshman to the
Upper Classman Sargent who was twenty-six. The dedication to "baby
Milbank" is actually the senior Sargent affectionately/teasingly nodding
to the new kid --
"Milbank" being... | GA | igrkio |
 | Paul Helleu (watercolor) c. 1882-1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
