John Singer Sargent and artworks E-Book

Donald Wigal

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• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

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Beschreibung

John Singer Sargent and artworks

Leseprobe

Donald Wigal

John Singer

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ISBN: 978-1-78160-866-1

Contents

Biography

Introduction

List of Illustrations

A

A Dinner Table at Night (The Glass of Claret), 1884

A Street in Venice, c. 1880-1882

A Tent in the Rockies, 1916

A Venetian Interior, c. 1882

Alfred, Son of Asher Wertheimer, 1901 (?)

Alice Runnells James (Mrs. William James), 1921

Among the Olive Trees, Capri, 1879

An Interior in Venice, 1899

Atlas and the Hesperides, 1922-1925

Auguste Rodin, 1884

B

Bedouins, 1905-1906

Betty Wertheimer, c. 1908

Bridge of Sighs, c. 1905-1908

Bringing down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara, 1911

C

Carmela Bertagna, c. 1879

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-1886

Carrara: in a Quarry, 1911

Charles Deering, 1917

Church of San Stae, Venice, 1913

Conrad and Reine Ormond, 1906

Cora, Countess of Strafford, 1908

D

Doctor Samuel Jean Pozzi at Home, 1881

Door of a Mosque, c. 1891

Duke of Marlborough Family (9th Duke), 1905

E

Edith, Lady Playfair (Edith Russell), 1884

Edward Robinson, 1903

El Jaleo, 1882

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, 1889

Ena and Betty, Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Asher Wertheimer, 1901

Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1902

F

Fishing for Oysters at Cancale, 1878

Florence: Torre Galli, 1910

Frieze of the Prophets (Detail of Study for the Boston Public Library), c. 1893

Fumée d’ambre gris (Smoke of Ambergris), 1880

G

Gassed, 1919

General Officers of World War I, 1922

George Nathaniel, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, 1913

H

Head of Ana, Capri Girl, 1878

Helen Brice, 1907

Henry James, 1913

Hyldia, Almina and Conway, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1901

J

John D. Rockefeller, 1917

L

Lady Helen Vincent, 1904

Lady Meysey-Thompson, 1901

Lady Sassoon, 1907

Lady Speyer, 1907

Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt), 1882

Lord Ribblesdale, 1902

Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight, 1879

M

Madame Edouard Pailleron, 1879

Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, c. 1882-1883

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883-1884

Man Wearing Laurels, 1874-1880

Miss Eliza Wedgwood and Miss Sargent Sketching, 1908

Morning Walk, 1888

Mountain Fire, c. 1903-1908

Mr. and Mrs. John White Field, 1882

Mrs. Adolph Hirsch, 1905

Mrs. Cecil (Frances Frew) Wade, 1886

Mrs. Charles Russell, 1908

Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel, 1903

Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court, Probably 1903

Mrs. Gardner in White, 1922

Mrs. Joseph E. Widener, 1903

Mrs. Leopold Hirsch, 1902

Mrs. Philip Leslie Agnew, 1902

Mrs. Waldorf Astor, 1909

N

Neapolitan Children Bathing, 1879

Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller, c. 1917-1920

O

On His Holidays, Norway, 1901

Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, 1878

P

Padre Sebastiano, c. 1904-1906

Paul Helleu Sketching His Wife, 1889

Portrait of Asher Wertheimer, 1898

Portrait of Carolus-Duran, 1879

Portrait of Frances Sherborne Ridley Watts (Portrait of Mile W.), 1877

Portrait of Lady Eden, 1906

Portrait of Manuel Garcia, 1904-1905

Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, 1904

Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer, 1898

Portraits of Edouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron, 1881

President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903

President Woodrow Wilson, 1917

Pressing the Grapes: Florentine Wine Cellar, 1882

R

Rainy Day on the Deck of the Yacht Constellation, 1924

Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d’Hiver, c. 1879-1880

Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, 1885

Ruined Cathedral, Arras, 1918

S

Self-Portrait, 1907

Self-Portrait, 1907

Sir Frank Swettenham, 1904

Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell and Family, 1900

Sir Philip Sassoon, 1923

Sortie de l’église (After Church) Campo San Canciano, Venice, 1882

Street in Venice, 1882

Sylvia Harrison, 1913

T

Tents at Lake O’Hara, 1916

The Chess Game, c. 1907

The Countess of Essex, 1907

The Countess of Warwick and Her Son, 1905

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882

The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, 1907-1908

The Duchess of Portland, 1902

The Earl of Wemyss and March, 1909

The Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, 1925

The Marchioness of Cholmondeley, 1922

The Misses Hunter, 1900-1902

The Misses Vickers, 1884

The Piazza or On the Verandah, 1921-1922

The Sulphur Match, 1882

Tommies Bathing, 1918

Two Girls in White Dresses, 1909-1911

V

Venetian Bead Stringers, c. 1880-1882

Venetian Glass Workers, c. 1880-1882

Venetian Women in the Palazzo Rezzonico, c. 1880

Venice: La Dogana, c. 1911

Vernon Lee, 1881

W

William Marshall Cazalet, 1902

William Merritt Chase, 1902

Women at Work, c. 1910

Y

Yachts at Anchor, Palma de Majorca, 1912

Foreword

"There is no greater work of art than a great portrait - a truth to be constantly taken to heart by a painter holding in his hands the weapon that Mr. Sargent wields."

— Henri James

Self-Portrait, 1907

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Biography

1854:

Sargent’s family takes up residence in Europe.

1856:

John Sargent is born on 12 January in Florence.

1857:

The Sargents have a daughter, Emily.

1865:

Studies drawing and watercolour while travelling throughout Europe with his parents.

1870:

Begins drawing classes at the Academia delle Belle Arti, Florence. The Sargents have a second daughter, Violet.

1874:

Moves with the family to Paris. Sargent begins painting classes, first at the studio of Emile Carolus-Duran, then with Adolphe Yvon at the Ecole des beaux-arts.

1876:

Visits the United States with his mother and sister Emily. He confirms his U.S. citizenship. He returns to Paris and continues to study.

1878-9:

Travels to Spain and Morocco. He sees works by Velázquez and Goya.

1880-1:

Begins a six-month stay in Venice. Joins mother and sisters in Nice.

1882-4:

Paints The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. He exhibits his portrait of Madame Pierre Gautreau, Madame X. He meets author Henry James.

1885-6:

Moves to London and there paints his first portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson.

1890:

He accepts a commission to create mural decorations in Boston.

1894:

Is elected as an associate of the Royal Academy. He exhibits the first completed part of the Boston mural.

1903:

Goes to Boston for the installation of the first panel of the Boston Library mural. He paints a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.

1907:

He announces that he wants to stop painting commissioned portraits.

1913:

Paints a portrait of Henry James.

1916:

Completes the installation of his murals in Boston. Takes on a commission to decorate a ceiling of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

1917:

Paints a portrait of Woodrow Wilson.

1918:

Returns to Europe and visits battlefields in France.

1921-2:

Returns to Boston for the unveiling of mural decorations in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Installs a commissioned mural for a library at Harvard University.

1924:

Attends a retrospective of his work in Manhattan. Returns to London.

1925:

Dies on 4 April. Memorial service is held at Westminster Abbey and later at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Man Wearing Laurels, 1874-1880

Oil on canvas, 44.4 x 33.4 cm. Mary D. Keeler Bequest, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

Introduction