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 | General Officers of the Great War 1922 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | 
1 William
Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
(1865-1951), Field Marshal
2 Jan
Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Field Marshal and South Arfican
Statesman
3 Louis
Botha... | GA | igrkio |
 | Orestes 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Here we see
Orestes haunted by Furies, the goddesses of vengeance.
From: World Book Online Americas Edition
Orestes, in
Greek mythology, was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the rulers of
Mycenae, or Argos. Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus,
killed Agamemnon after he returned from the Trojan War. Fearing that Orestes
was also in... | GA | igrkio |
 | Chiron and Achilles 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Sargent
ended up doing two versions of this composition, although both are of
significantly different mediums. The first (Thumbnail below) was part of a base
Bas-Relief for the Rotunda and was of raised painted plaster. The second (featured above) was later created for
the Stairway Ceiling Decorations and was oil on canvas.
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 | The Winds 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Unveiling of Truth 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery,
for his help with research on this work of art.
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 | Science 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery,
for his help with research on this work of art.
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 | Coming of the Americans 1922 Widener Memorial Library Cambridge, MA |
Notes
Bibliography:
Margaret E.
Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener
Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216
Harvard
Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928
John Walker
III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929
"Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance",
Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p. 1... | GA | igrkio |
 | Death and Victory 1922 Widener Memorial Library Cambridge, MA |
Notes
Bibliography:
Margaret E.
Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener
Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216
Harvard
Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928
John Walker
III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929
"Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance",
Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p.... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Countess of Rocksavage later Marchioness of Cholmondeley (Sybil Sassoon) 1922 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Three-quarter-length
standing portrait of the Countess of Rocksavage wearing a black dress with
stand-up collar, gold panel down the front, red accents, and gold train hanging
for the shoulders. She wears several long strands of pearls with a gold winged
jewel hanging at her breast. She holds a single flower in her right... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Artist Sketching 1922 Private collection on loan to the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI |
I have been
told that Edith was the photographer of the photo of Sargent
on Dwight's yacht [Thumbnail]. Note that Sargent, who
always like to paint under a large parasol/umbrella,
had no place to put the parasol on board the boat, so he tied it to his leg,
with supporting stays to various parts of the boat. Several of those lines are
visible in... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
