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 | Carolus-Duran 2nd painting 1879 | 
Charles
Auguste Émile Duran (1837-1917) better known as Carolus-Duran was
Sargent's teacher and would have a profound impact on him.
Page from
"L'Estafette" with Reproduction of Carolus-Duran Drawing
(Pasted in John
Singer Sargent's sketchbook)
June 28, 1880
Carolus-Duran
was born at Lille on July 4, 1837. He studied at... | GA | igrkio |
 | Neapolitan Children Bathing 1879 |
This
painting was inspired by his trip to Naples in 1878 which he took with his
family.
A Nude Boy on a
Beach
1878
Notes:
Special
thanks to Stephanie, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me a tip about
these images.
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 | In the Luxembourg Gardens 1879 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA |
The
Luxembourg Gardens began as part of the Palais
du Luxembourg which was built in 1620 for Marie de Médicis,
widow of Henri IV, on the site of former mansion of Duke of Luxembourg.
The gardens
are 25 hectares large (61.8 acres). They are part formal garden with terraces
and gravel paths,
part "English garden" of lawns, and part... | GA | igrkio |
 | Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight 1879 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN |
Within the Luxembourg Gardens looking towards the dome of the Panthéon in the background.
The
inscription at the bottom is partly cut off by the image but it reads: "To my
friend McKim John S Sargent."
This was Charles Follen McKim
who would form McKim, Mead and White, the
architectural firm who would work with Sargent in
1890 on the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mme. Francois Buloz (Christine Blaze) 1879 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA |
Publications
Los Angeles
County Museum of Art Bulletin, 1973, Museum Associates of the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, 1973, Volume XIX, Number 2.
Fort, Ilene Susan and
Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1991.
Kilmurray, Elaine and
Ormond,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jeanne Kieffer, later Mrs. Edouard de Valcourt (1872-1923) 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Image taken
from Dovercards, however documentation and dating
from The Smithsonian Catalogue of Works
There is a
companion portrait of her brother, Rene Kieffer (IAP
record 81690256).
Exhibitions
Great
Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children;
2004-2005
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Robert de Cevrieux 1879 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Madame Edouard Pailleron 1879 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
This is
Sargent's first full length portrait. Notice the change of focus of the grass
around her face compared to the trees and stone railing of the Madame
Pailleron's parents country estate at Ronjoux, Chambéry, Savoy in the
south of France where this was painted.
In 1880
Sargent showed this painting along with the subject painting... | GA | igrkio |
 | King Philip IV (of Spain) 1879 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
The
painting is a copy of Diego Velázquez's "King Philip IV as a Huntsman"
which is hanging at the Prado. It highlights Sargent's interest in studying
Velázquez for use in his portraits.
Sargent
must have copied this work on one of his trips to Spain. The date is a guess by
me but 1879 coincides with one of his trips to the Prado.
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Dwarf with a Mastiff, Copy after Velazquez 1879 |
The copy of
Velázquez work hung in Sargent's Paris studio at Boulevard Berthier
always looking down on him as if to repeat his teacher's reminder that it was
Velázquez that a student must study
Sargent's Boulevard Berthier
Diego Velázquez
(1599-1660)
Spanish court painter
Court Dwarf Don
Antonio el Inglés
... | GA | igrkio |
 | Head of Aesop, Copy after Velazquez 1879 |
The head is
painted at the same scale as Velázquez's.
Diego
Velázquez
(1599-1660)
Spanish court painter
Aesop
1640
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 | Mediterranean Landscape 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sale
Sold at
Christies, New York, Dec 01, 2005; Sale Number 1578, Lot Number 51;
$204,000 (was estimate 120,000 -
180,000 USD)
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 | Spanish Male Dancer before Six Seated Figures 1879 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA |
From: Harvard "Verso: The Flip Side of
Master Drawings"
This
receipt informs us that in Madrid, where he was in October 1879,
"S[eño]r D[o]n M[iste]r Sargent" purchased a travel hat (sombrero
para viaje). Later, perhaps on the same day, inspiration struck the artist when
he was without a sketchbook, so he used the verso of the folded receipt... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Dancer (woman) c. 1879-82 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Study for the
Spanish Dancer
Watercolor
Forum:
From: Buddy Hicks
bud
dy hicks@mindspring.com
Date: Jun 9, 2004
Your
website has the dimensions of the painting at around 5 [w]x7[h] feet. A book
about Sargent has the dimensions at less than 12[w]x18[h] inches. I believe YOU are correct, but I am
uncertain. Can you... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Dancer (male, with hat) 1879-1880 |
Bibliography:
Mary
Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of
Art (Washington, D.C, 1992), catalogue no. 1, p. 130
Stephanie Herdrich
and H. Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent (New York, NY, 2000), p. 163, under no. 138
Exhibition... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Dancer (male, without hat) 1879-1880 |
Bibliography
Mary
Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of
Art (Washington DC, 1992), catalogue no. 1, p. 130
Stephanie
Herdrich and H. Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent (New York NY, 2000), p. 163,
under no. 138
Exhibition
John... | GA | igrkio |
 | Wounded Spanish Dancer 1879-1880 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Offered for
sale Neal Auction Comany; 12/8/2001; Lot 345;
estimated [$4000/6000]
Accompanied by a letter from Odile Duff,
Research Director of the John Singer Sargent
Catalogue Raisonne Committee.
Date is a
rough estimate.
From: Neal Auction Comany
John Singer
Sargent traveled to Spain in September of 1879. The
trip was the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Studies for "The Spanish Dance" 1879-1880 |
Bibliography
Mary
Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery
of Art (Washington DC, 1992), catalogue no. 12, pp. 144, reproduced
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 | Study for Spanish Dance c. 1880 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO |
This
painting is one of two studies that the Nelson-Atkins Museum both of which
directly relate to his much larger painting Spanish Dance.
This
painting (Study for Spanish Dance) is done with liberal brush strokes, and the sky seems
to churn in a brewing storm above echoing the passion of the dance. No effort
is made to represent the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Dance 1879-80 |
There is a
small study called Spanish Dance Study roughly 15 x 12 in. done by Sargent
which hangs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. The composition
is exactly that of this painting but much smaller and the tone is so dark you
can hardly see the figures.
A second
study at the Nelson-Atkins is called Study for Spanish... | GA | igrkio |
 | The White House 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sale
Sold at
Christies, New York, Dec 01, 2005; Sale Number 1578, Lot 47; $78,000 USD (was
estimate 70,000 - 100,000 USD)
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 | Sketch of Women Walking Graphite and charcoal on cardboard | GA | igrkio | |
 | Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver about 1879-80 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Corner of a Garden 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Edouard Pailleron 1879 | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Little Fruit Seller 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Carmela Bertagna 1879 Columbus Museum of Art Columbus, OH | GA | igrkio | |
 | Alhambra, Patio De La Reja 1879 | GA | igrkio | |
 | A Spanish Woman (Gigia) 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Spanish Gypsy Dancer 1879 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Spanish Male Dancer before Nine Seated Figures 1879 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Spanish Dancer (Sketch Male) 1879 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Head of a Neopolitan Boy 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Head of a Neopolitan Boy in Profile 1879 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Study for 'The Spanish Dance' 2 c. 1880 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Spanish Landscape 1879-1880 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
