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 | Madame X by John Singer Sargent 1884 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer | 
When Madame
X was shown at the Salon of 1884 it became instantly a salacious painting and a
scandal in French society as a result of its sexual suggestiveness of her pose
and the pail pasty color of her skin. The "X" of Madame X was
actually Madame Gautreau (1859-1915) who’s reputation was apparently destroyed and
John left France shortly to... |
 | Two Girls with Parasols at Fladbury by John Singer Sargent 1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
See as it hung in the Met
2003
Note:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | An Egyptian Woman by John Singer Sargent Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for taking
this picture at the Met (2002) and being a friend of the JSS Gallery. See some of Andy Holzopfel
paintings.
Possibly
No. 915 or 916 on Charles Merrill Mount list
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 | Egyptian Woman With Earring by John Singer Sargent 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for taking this picture at the Met
(2002) and being a friend of the JSS Gallery. See some of Andy Holzopfel paintings.
Possibly
No. 915 or 916 on Charles Merrill Mount list
|
 | Mannikin in the Snow by John Singer Sargent c. 1891-93 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Ada Rehan by John Singer Sargent 1894-1895 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Ada Rehan,
1860-1916 an Irish born American actress. Her name was actually Ada Crehan, but
took the stage name of Ada Rehan after being once mistakenly billed as
such.
She was
popular in comedy roles in New York theater, and played the leading woman of
the Augustin Daly Stock Company with more than 200 different roles. She join
John Drew's... |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes by John Singer Sargent 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
The Stokes
were young expatriate Americans living in Paris while Mr. Stokes was studying
Architecture. They were from New York.
Sketch of Mrs.
Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes
1897
Sargent at
Harvard
Fogg Art
Museum
graphite
30 x 19 3/8 in
(actual), Framed 34 3/8 x 23 1/2 x 1 3/4 in
See... |
 | Henry G. Marquand by John Singer Sargent 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Henry G
Marquand, was second president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting
was done in Sargent's London studio in the summer of 1897 and was commissioned
by the Trustees of the Met. Henry was seventy-eight when this was done. Sargent
had painted his wife in 1887 which was Sargent's first portrait commission
within the United... |
 | The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant by John Singer Sargent 1899 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
The sisters
are Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant, all daughter of the Honorable
Percy Wyndham. The painting was done in their London home on Belgrave Square.
Sargent has arranged the women so that their mother, Madeline, is looking down
upon them from the full portrait by George Frederick Watt.
Lady Elcho
is the one behind. She is Mary... |
 | William M. Chase, N. A. by John Singer Sargent 1902 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
William Merritt Chase
(1849-1916)
American Painter
William
Merritt Chase was an eclectic painter known for his portraits, landscapes, and
still lifes. He worked in all mediums -- oils, water
colors, pastels and etching. He loved teaching and was greatly influential with
young artists for 36 years. Among his pupils were Georgia O'Keeffe,... |
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
