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The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston An attempt to study at the Academy of Florence failed, as the school was reorganizing at the time. After returning to Paris from Florence, Sargent began his art studies with the young French portraitist Carolus-Duran .
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (originally titled Portraits d'enfants ) [ 1 ] is a painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent . The painting depicts four young girls, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, in their family's Paris apartment.
In April 1903, Fiske Warren commissioned the famous American portraitist John Singer Sargent to paint Gretchen and their daughter. [ citation needed ] The sitting was done in Fenway Court, [ 1 ] then the home of Boston philanthropist and American art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner , whose immense collection would become the Isabella Stewart ...
The Wertheimer portraits are a series of twelve portrait paintings made by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) of and for the British art dealer Asher Wertheimer (1843–1918) and his family. The series amounts to Sargent's largest private commission.
One of the John Singer Sargent paintings, Dans les Oliviers à Capri (Among the Olive Trees, Capri), was shown at the Paris salon in 1879. [6] [5] Another version of the painting, A Capriote, held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was submitted to the Society of American Artists in New York in March 1879 for its annual exhibition. The museum ...
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. [1] During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.
General Officers of World War I (originally entitled Some General Officers of the Great War) is an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, completed in 1922. It was commissioned by South African financier Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet to commemorate the generals who commanded British and British Empire armies in the First World War .
Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. [1] It is a study in opposition.