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Reapers Resting in a Wheatfield 1885 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | ||
Portrait of Mrs. Robert Harrison (nee Helen Smith) 1886 |
From: Tate Gallery
Heather Birchall; December 2001
. . . [Sargent] may have been introduced to the cousins Robert and
Peter Harrison by Alma Strettell. The future wife of
Peter Harrison, Strettel was a close friend of Sargent and, in 1877, he had
illustrated her book, Spanish and Italian Folk Songs. Mrs
Robert Harrison, née Helen Smith... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Madame La Comtesse Jacques De Ganay (Renee De Maille) 1885 |
La Comtesse
Jacques De Ganay was a promrnant member of Parisian high society.She is
mentioned in Prouts' account (under the pen name of Tout-Pais) of "A Literary Feast At
Versailles" which was attended by just about everyone in Sargent's world:
Artists
such as Giovanni Boldini, J.J. Tissot, Jean Beraud, Paul Helleu and Léon
Delafosse. ... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Jacques-Emile Blanche c. 1886 |
From: Tate Gallery
Blanche
[1861-1942] is best known for his portraits of eminent writers, artists and
musicians. He lived near Dieppe and made frequent visits to England, where he
was a well-known figure in artistic and society circles. . .
(From the
display caption August 1993)
(Tate
Gallery)
From: 1911 Encyclopedia
BLANCHE,
JACQUES... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Alfred Parsons 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Alfred
William Parsons RA (1847-1920) was British landscape painter and illustrator,
born in Somerset raied in London.
He became
very much apart of the close nit artist group at
Broadway, probably through his friendship with Abbey -- they were roomates in London and had studios right next door to each
other. He illustrated for Harper's New... | GA | igrkio | |
Poppies 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Polly Barnard 1885-6 | GA | igrkio | ||
Pointy (portrait of Louise Burckhardt's dog) 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Christies
Pointy was
a mongrel owned by John Singer Sargent's close friend Louise Burckhardt. Edward
and Elizabeth Burckhardt, and their two daughters, Louise and Valerie, were
expatriates living in Paris. Sargent painted each member of the Burckhardt
family between 1880-1885, and the present picture was painted from sketches
Sargent made... | GA | igrkio | |
My Dining Room ca. 1883-86 Smith College Museum of Art Northampton, MA | GA | igrkio | ||
Mrs. Frederick Barnard (Alice Faraday) 1885 |
Alice
Barnard (1847-1952) was the mother of Polly and Dorothy Barnard (both posed for
John's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose) and the wife of the artist Frederick
Barnard from the Broadway colony. It was at Broadway where they met John and in
the absence of any commissions Sargent practiced on
his friends.
In 1896,
her husband Frederick, died in a... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent