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 | The Birthday (Fete Familiale) 1887 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN | 
From: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
[This]
depicts the family of the well-known French artists Albert Besnard (1849-1934)
and his wife Charlotte Dubray (1855-1931), whom Sargent had befriended by 1883.
(Minneapolis
Institute of Arts)
Paul Albert Besnard
Madame Besnard
1884
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. William Playfair (nee Emily Kitson, 1841-1916) 1887 Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA |
From: Traditional Fine Art Online
Mrs.
William Playfair was exhibited to great acclaim at
the Royal Academy in 1887 and at the 1888 Paris Salon. The sitter (nee Emily Kitson, 1841-1916) is shown wearing a sumptnous
yellow satin gown and a fur-lined, dark green velvet
cloak. Set against an abstract background of deep red, she is ready to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Laurence Millet 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
He was the
son of Francis Davis Millet whom Sargent knew from Broadway. Laurence Millet
(1884-1945) would become an attorney and practiced in New York. He was educated
at Harvard.
John Alfred Parsons
Millet
1892
(brother to
Laurence Millet)
Notes:
See letter
from Laurence Millet's Grandson:
David
Laurence... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Late Major E C Harrison as a Boy 1887 |
Although
the Fogg doesn't date the work, the very unusual nature of the painting with
the heavy halo effect may put in
line with some of the drawings he did for Alma Strettell's book Spanish and
Italian Folk Songs
Spanish Madonna
1887
Bibliography
John Singer
Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 Taft Museum of Art Cincinnati, OH |
This last
of the three portraits of Robert Louis Stevenson by Sargent was commissioned by
the Boston banker Charles Fairchild as a gift for his wife Elizabeth Nelson
Fairchild.
Robert Louis
Stevenson and His Wife
1885
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 | Claude Monet in his Bateau-Atelier c. 1887 |
See also:
Claude Monet
Painting
c. 1885
Portrait of Claude
Monet
1889
Note:
There is
some confusion to dating of these informal
plein air paintings with Monet. The
SIRIS site
has the date of this one as being 1889, although I have found sources that say
he canceled a visit with Monet at Giverny that... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. FritzWilliam Sargent (nee Mary Newbold Singer) 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Elizabeth Allen Marquand (Mrs. G. Marquand) 1887 |
Henry G.
Marquand was a banker who made his money financing railroads for the
Vanderbilts and others. Both his wife and he were active in the arts, avid
collectors and possessed some of the finest Van Dycks in the United States, an
incredible array of Roman bronzes, and a superb collection of Chinese
porcelains.
In 1884,
the Marquands had... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Elizabeth Nelson Fairchild 1887 |
Mrs.
Charles Fairchild (Elizabeth Nelson
Fairchild 1845-1924).
Sargent
sent this painting off to be exhibited it at the New English Art Club that same
year. Mrs. Fairchild was a poet and was often a hostess of parties for artist
friends. It was probably through one of these social gatherings that John first
met them. It would be Mr.... | GA | igrkio |
 | General Lucius Fairchild 1887 State Historical Society of Wisconsin Madison, WI |
Quite a remarkable man. He was a three term Wisconsin Governor (1866-72); A
decorated civil war hero at Gettysburg were he
was severely wounded during the famous Pickett's charge and had his arm
amputated, was subsequently taken prisoner and eventually paroled. He then was
commissioned brigadier-general. After his term as governor he went on to... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
