1920-1921

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Alice Runnels James

1921
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite
53.5 x 34.3 cm (21 1/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Note Exhibitions John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
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Apollo and the Muses

1921
Oil on canvas
283.21 x 428.62 cm (111 1/2 x 168 3/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Apollo is the god of light, the patron of music and fine arts. Often in his attendance are the muses. Earlier numbers were unclear but the Greeks finally established nine muses in mythology: 1.       Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry 2.       Clio, the Muse of history 3.       Polyhymnia, the Muse of...
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Architecture, Painting and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time

1921
Oil on canvas
320.36 x 261.3 cm (126 1/8 x 102 7/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Athena is many things, but above all, she is the Goddess of the City and the protectress of civilized life -- of artesian activities such as Architecture, Painting and Sculpture. She is the favorite daughter of Zeus and born miraculously from his head with her helmut already on. Notes: Special thanks to Lee Sandstead of New York, for being...
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Astronomy

1921
Oil on canvas
94.61 x 107.31 cm (37 1/4 x 42 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Charles Sprague Sargent

1920
Charcoal
Unknown size

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Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927)  A Harvard Grad. Was apponted director of Harvard's Botanic Garden in 1872. In 1873 he was  appointed the first director of the Arnold Arboretum. "The Arnold Arboretum is a research and educational institution. It manages a collection of hardy trees, shrubs, and vines located on 265 acres in...
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Charles Woodbury

1921
Oil on canvas
71.4 x 41.8 cm (28 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.)

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Charles Herbert Woodbury, American Painter (1864-1940) He was a fellow painter, teacher and illistrator. At the age of fifteen, he was the youngest exhibitors of the Boston Art Club, having exhibited a painting in the inaugural exhibition of the new club house in 1882. In addition to the Art Club, he was a member of the Copley Society, the...
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Classic and Romantic Art

1921
Oil on canvas
254.95 x 424.18 cm (100 3/8 x 167 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Eleonora Randolph Sears

1921
Charcoal on paperboard
24 3/4 x 18 3/4 in

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Note: Sold Doyle New York, May 24, 2005, Lot 144, $96,000. Sold from the Collection of William J. and Jean Hogan of Bronxville, New York. The Hogan Collection was assembled predominantly during the 1950s through the 1970s and offers works by a number of prominent American and European artists. Jean Hogan studied nuclear physics and joined IBM...
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Ganymede and the Eagle

1921
Oil on canvas
94.6 x107.3 cm (37 1/4 x42 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Notes: Special thanks to Lee Sandstead of New York, for being a friend of the JSS Gallery, for taking this picture on his trip and sharing this with us.
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James Ford Rhodes

1920
Charcoal on paper
Unknown size

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James Ford Rhodes (1 May 1848–22 January 1927), was an American industrialist and Pulitzer Prize winning historian born in Cleveland, Ohio. He and his father made a pot of money in iron, coal and steel industries in Cleveland but then retired in 1885 at the age of  37 (approximately) and devoted the remainder of his life to the pursuit of...
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