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 | Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also called Portrait of the Artist's Mother by James McNeill Whistler 1871 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Whistler, James McNeill | |
 | Jean Guy de Poilloue, Vicomte de Saint Perier (Viscount of Saint Perier) by John Singer Sargent 1880 or 1883 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Joyance by Jeanie Gallup Mottet 1925 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Mottet, Jeanie Gallup |  History: unknown mode of acquisition by National Museums; Musee du Louvre, the Jeu de Paume gallery in Paris; 1946: assigned to the National Museum of Modern Art by the National Museums; 1980: assigned to the Louvre; 1986, assigned to the Musee d'Orsay, Paris; 1991, tabled in the National Museum of Franco-American Cooperation, Blerancourt (order of... |
 | La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent 1890 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Sargent, John Singer |
Carmencita
was apparently an very interesting and colorful character, a highly spirited
Spanish Gypsy Dancer who performed all over Europe and on the east coast of the
United States. Sargent had first met her in 1889 in Paris. When he sees her
again, this time in New York, he talks her into letting him paint her. She
turned out to be a very... |
 | La solitude by T. Alexander Harrison 1893 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Harrison, T. Alexander | History: 1893: acquired from the artist by the State; 1894-1922: Musee du Luxembourg; 1922-1946: Musee du Louvre, Jeu de Paume Museum then Foreign Schools; 1946-1980: National Museum of Modern Art; 1980: assigned to the Louvre by the National Museums; 1980: assigned to the Orsay Museum Louvre Museum |
 | Le bosquet by Gari Melchers 1908 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Melchers, Gari | |
 | Louis de Fourcaud (1851-1914) by John Singer Sargent 1884 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Sargent, John Singer |
Fourcaud,
Louis Boussess of (Beaumarchez,
1851 ~ 1914)
Art critic, writer, poet, and finally professor of arts. By 1884, when Sargent
paints him, he was writing for the Clairon (a daily
newspaper) and other publications and was considered one of the prominent art critics
in Paris -- he was 33 years old.
Born of a noble family. At twelve he... |
 | Maternite by Gari Melchers oil on canvas Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Melchers, Gari | History: until 1895, in the collection Gari Melchers, Julius; 1895, acquired from the artist by the state for the Musee du Luxembourg; from 1895 to 1922, the Musee du Luxembourg; assigned to the Louvre; from 1922 to 1946, the Louvre Museum Jeu de Paume (museum then Foreign Schools); from 1946 to 1977, the National Museum of Modern Art; assigned to... |
 | Mrs. Katharine Moore by John Singer Sargent 1884 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Sargent, John Singer |
Mrs. Kate Moore
Notes:
Bibliography
Léonce
Bénédite , Le Musée du Luxembourg, peinture école
étrangères. Musée annexe du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1924,
n°65;
Charles
Merril Mount, John Singer Sargent, New York, Norton 1955, p. 82;
Charles
Merril Mount, John Singer Sargent, Londres, 1957, n°843;
Cat. exp.
J. S.... |
 | Sita and Sarita (Jeune Fille au Chat) by Cecilia Beaux 1893–1894 Musee d'Orsay Paris, France | Beaux, Cecilia | Sita and Sarita, a portrait of her cousin Charles W. Leavitt's wife Sarah (Allibone) Leavitt in white, with a small black cat perched on her shoulder, both gazing out mysteriously. The mesmerizing effect prompted one critic to point out "the witch-like weirdness of the black kitten" and for many years, the painting solicited questions by the press.... |
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