| Preview | Description | Artist | Notes
  |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wheat Fields, Vermont by Walter Shirlaw 1880/1890 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Shirlaw, Walter | |
 | Mrs. John Banister by Robert Feke 1748 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Feke, Robert | |
 | The Missing Vessel by Frank Knox Morton Rehn 1884 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Rehn, Frank Knox Morton | |
 | The Refectory of San Damiano, Assisi by Julius Rolshoven c. 1907 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Rolshoven, Julius | |
 | Fete Day in Paris by Charles E. Waltensperger 1894 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Waltensperger, Charles E. | |
 | Madame Paul Poirson by John Singer Sargent 1885 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Sargent, John Singer | 
In 1883
John Singer Sargent rented a studio owned by Paul Poirson. According to family history this portrait of Poirson's wife was done in lieu of a rent payment. Sargent's friendly relationship with the Poirsons made this work more personal than the business
transaction might suggest.
(dia.org7-1-2001)
Notes
Bibliography: ... |
 | Mosquito Nets by John Singer Sargent 1908 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Sargent, John Singer |
The
painting was done in Valdemosa, Majorca, where they
were spending an autumn. Sargent's older sister Emily, is in the chair (foreground)
reading a book, with their friend Eliza Wedgwood, a member of the famous
porcelain manufacturing family, on the sofa (background), either reading or
writing a letter.
Eliza said
of it, "Sargent painted... |
 | The Wharf, Gloucester by Hayley Lever c. 1915/1918 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Lever, Hayley | |
 | Judith Gautier by John Singer Sargent 1885 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Home Fields by John Singer Sargent 1885 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Sargent, John Singer |
- Detroit Institute of Arts
