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 | Edward Robinson by John Singer Sargent 1903 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer | 
This
portrait is of the esteemed director of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts --
Edward Robinson who was appointed director in 1902.
It is the
same Edward Robinson who would later strike the deal with Sargent (1916) to buy
Madame X for the Metropolitan Museum in New York. John had known Edward since
the 1890's when Edward was working
at the... |
 | Alpine Pool by John Singer Sargent c. 1907 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
From: "Lynnrd"
<Ly nn rds@home.com>
Date: Thu,
15 Feb 2001
I saw
[Alpine Pool on tour] today (here in San Diego, CA) and purchased the Exhibit
book for American Impressionists Abroad and at Home.
The photo
in the book does a complete injustice to the painting. I would like to see a
photo on the web that truly brings out the richness.... |
 | Fontana in Villa Torlonia, Frascati by John Singer Sargent 1907 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | The Hermit (Il Solitario) by John Singer Sargent Rogers fund 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
See as it hung in the Met
2003
A piece of
extraordinary brilliant execution. The first impression is that of actual
blinding sunlight and shadow among the eucalyptus stems of a southern forest;
one is there in the hot atmosphere; the dazing effect on the brain, the coming
headache, are admirably suggested. It is only after... |
 | Bringing down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara by John Singer Sargent 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Note:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sargent in
Italy, 2002-2003
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 | Spanish Fountain (1) by John Singer Sargent 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Spanish Fountain
(Fitzwilliam Museum)
1912
Note:
I'm a bit
confused about this painting. I found another image from Jim's Fine Art called
Spanish Fountain (same image as this and they had it listed at the Brooklyn
Museum:
Spanish
Fountain
1902
Brooklyn
Museum, New York
Watercolor
34.4 x 48.6
cm (13 9/16 x 19... |
 | Escutcheon of Charles V of Spain by John Singer Sargent 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
From: Dan Clarke
Dcl a
rke@ita.lacity.org
Date: Thu,
31 Oct 2002
This work
was done 1912 in Granada, Spain.
It shows simply the relief of the Escutcheon (breastplate) of the family
of Charles V of Spain, and is considered one of their most celebrated
watercolors by Sargent.
Every
review I've read describes it as "brilliant" and... |
 | Tyrolese Interior by John Singer Sargent 1914 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Note:
Image from
e-bay poster sale, no date. CMM dates it as 1914
Bibliography
Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 1975.
Burke,
Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864,"
New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg.... |
 | Apollo (Study for Apollo and Daphne) by John Singer Sargent c. 1918-20 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes by Cecilia Beaux 1898 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Beaux, Cecilia |
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
