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 | Wm. Roscoe Thayer 1920 | 
William
Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923) was an American author and editor. He graduated
from Harvard in 1881 and became editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine in
1892. In 1914, he was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters and
he received honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Brown and other universities.
His verse includes:
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 | William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, 1916-1922 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
During WW1
he was a General Officer Commanding Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
World War I 1914-1918; Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and
Commander, Dardanelles Army, Gallipoli 1915-1916; General Officer Commanding
Australian Imperial Force 1915-1918; France 1916-1918; Commander, 5 Army,
France 1918-1919
Service... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Sphinx and Chimaera 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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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 | The Rotunda Dome Murals and sculptures Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Schooner, Catherine, Somes c. 1920-1925 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Note:
Sold Sothebys; 12/5/1996; Lot 21; $134,500
Forum
From: Donald L Smith
<don sm itty@adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003
Do you have
any knowledge of the builder or owner of the Scooner
Catherine Somes?
I have been
doing genealogy on the Welch family of Wells, ME and back in 1727/8 there was a
marriage between David Welch... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sand Beach, Schooner Head 1917? Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Scooner
Head is loacted in Acadia National Park, which is only a couple of miles south
of Bar Harbor Maine. This painting, along with "Schooner Catherine
Somes" was painted while Sargent was visiting cousins. The two paintings
were in the Hale family and the figure on the beach was belived to have been of
Mary Newbold Patterson Hale though never... | GA | igrkio |
 | Renatta Borgatti 1921 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Renata
Borgatti (1894-1964) was a daughter of a famous Wagnerian tenor. She herself
became a great concert pianist at a time when the field was overwhelmingly
dominated by men.
In 1920 she
was painted by the expatriate American
Romaine
Brooks (1874 - 1970). Brooks was made Croix de la Legion d'Honneur following
the Salon de la... | GA | igrkio |
 | Prometheus 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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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 | Paul Manship January 30, 1921 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Music 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. Louis Ormond c. 1920 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs Gardner in White 1920 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
he
following is from from Bert (The Pragmatic Romanticist):
. . .A
lovely watercolour of Isabella Stewart Gardner portraying her at age 82, after
her debilitating stroke in 1919. "Even I think it is exquisite", she
wrote of it. It is quietly intimate. I like it. It's from the book I have about
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a place that I... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lowell, Abbott Lawrence 1920 | GA | igrkio | |
 | James Ford Rhodes 1920 |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ganymede and the Eagle 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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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 | Eleonora Randolph Sears 1921 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Classic and Romantic Art 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Charles Woodbury 1921 |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Charles Sprague Sargent 1920 |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Astronomy 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Architecture, Painting and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Apollo and the Muses 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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... | GA | igrkio |
 | Alice Runnels James 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Note
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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- John Singer Sargent
