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Sargent was born in Florence, in 1856, the son of cultivated parents. When Sargent entered the school of Carolus-Duran he attained much more than the average pupils. His father was a retired Massachusetts gentleman, having practised medicine in Philadelphia. Sargent’s home life was penetrated with refinement, and outside it were the beautiful influences of Florence, combining the charms of sky and hills with the wonders of art in the galleries and the opportunities of an intellectual and artistic society. Accordingly, when Sargent arrived in Paris, he was not only a skilful draughtsman and painter as a result of his study of the Italian masters, but he also had a refined and cultivated taste, which perhaps had an even greater influence upon his career. Later in Spain, it was chiefly upon the lessons learned from Velázquez that he found his own brilliant method.
Sargent belongs to America, but is claimed by others as a citizen of the world, or a cosmopolitan. Sargent, with the exception of a few months at distant intervals, spent his life abroad. The artistic influences which affected him were those of Europe. Yet his Americanism may be detected in his extraordinary facility to absorb impressions, in the individuality he evolved, and in the subtlety and reserve of his methods – qualities that are characteristic of the best American art.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
63William Marshall Cazalet, 1902
2Self-Portrait, 1907
64Lord Ribblesdale, 1902
3Biography
65Mrs. Joseph E. Widener, 1903
4Man Wearing Laurels, 1874-1880
66Edward Robinson, 1903
5Introduction
67Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court, Probably 1903
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6Portrait of Frances Sherborne Ridley Watts (Portrait of Mile W.), 1877
68Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel, 1903
7Fishing for Oysters at Cancale, 1878
69Mountain Fire, c. 1903-1908
8Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, 1878
70President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903
9Head of Ana, Capri Girl, 1878
71Sir Frank Swettenham, 1904
10Carmela Bertagna, c. 1879
72Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, 1904
11Among the Olive Trees, Capri, 1879
73Lady Helen Vincent, 1904
12Neapolitan Children Bathing, 1879
74Portrait of Manuel Garcia, 1904-1905
13Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight, 1879
75Padre Sebastiano, c. 1904-1906
14Madame Edouard Pailleron, 1879
76The Countess of Warwick and Her Son, 1905
15Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d’Hiver, c. 1879-1880
77Mrs. Adolph Hirsch, 1905
16Portrait of Carolus-Duran, 1879
78Bedouins, 1905-1906
17Fumée d’ambre gris (Smoke of Ambergris), 1880
79Bridge of Sighs, c. 1905-1908
18Venetian Women in the Palazzo Rezzonico, c. 1880
80Duke of Marlborough Family (9th Duke), 1905
19Venetian Bead Stringers, c. 1880-1882
81Portrait of Lady Eden, 1906
20Venetian Glass Workers, c. 1880-1882
82Conrad and Reine Ormond, 1906
21Portraits of Edouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron, 1881
83The Chess Game, c. 1907
22Doctor Samuel Jean Pozzi at Home, 1881
84Self-Portrait, 1907
23Vernon Lee, 1881
85The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, 1907-1908
24A Street in Venice, c. 1880-1882
86Lady Sassoon, 1907
25Street in Venice, 1882
87Helen Brice, 1907
26A Venetian Interior, c. 1882
88The Countess of Essex, 1907
27Sortie de l’église (After Church) Campo San Canciano, Venice, 1882
89Lady Speyer, 1907
28El Jaleo, 1882
90Betty Wertheimer, c. 1908
29The Sulphur Match, 1882
91Mrs. Charles Russell, 1908
30Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt), 1882
92Miss Eliza Wedgwood and Miss Sargent Sketching, 1908
31Pressing the Grapes: Florentine Wine Cellar, 1882
93Cora, Countess of Strafford, 1908
32The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882
94The Earl of Wemyss and March, 1909
33Mr. and Mrs. John White Field, 1882
95Mrs. Waldorf Astor, 1909
34Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, c. 1882-1883
96Two Girls in White Dresses, 1909-1911
35Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883-1884
97Women at Work, c. 1910
36Edith, Lady Playfair (Edith Russell), 1884
98Florence: Torre Galli, 1910
37Auguste Rodin, 1884
99Bringing down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara, 1911
38The Misses Vickers, 1884
100Carrara: in a Quarry, 1911
39A Dinner Table at Night (The Glass of Claret), 1884
101Venice: La Dogana, c. 1911
40Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, 1885
102Yachts at Anchor, Palma de Majorca, 1912
41Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-1886
103Church of San Stae, Venice, 1913
42Mrs. Cecil (Frances Frew) Wade, 1886
104Henry James, 1913
43Morning Walk, 1888
105Sylvia Harrison, 1913
44Paul Helleu Sketching His Wife, 1889
106George Nathaniel, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, 1913
45Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, 1889
107Tents at Lake O’Hara, 1916
46Door of a Mosque, c. 1891
108A Tent in the Rockies, 1916
47Frieze of the Prophets (Detail of Study for the Boston Public Library), c. 1893
109John D. Rockefeller, 1917
48Portrait of Asher Wertheimer, 1898
110Charles Deering, 1917
49Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer, 1898
111President Woodrow Wilson, 1917
50An Interior in Venice, 1899
112Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller, c. 1917-1920
51Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell and Family, 1900
113Tommies Bathing, 1918
52The Misses Hunter, 1900-1902
114Ruined Cathedral, Arras, 1918
53On His Holidays, Norway, 1901
115Gassed, 1919
54Alfred, Son of Asher Wertheimer, 1901 (?)
116The Piazza or On the Verandah, 1921-1922
55Ena and Betty, Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Asher Wertheimer, 1901
117Alice Runnells James (Mrs. William James), 1921
56Hyldia, Almina and Conway, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1901
118Mrs. Gardner in White, 1922
57Lady Meysey-Thompson, 1901
119General Officers of World War I, 1922
58Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1902
120Atlas and the Hesperides, 1922-1925
59William Merritt Chase, 1902
121The Marchioness of Cholmondeley, 1922
60Mrs. Philip Leslie Agnew, 1902
122Sir Philip Sassoon, 1923
61Mrs. Leopold Hirsch, 1902
123Rainy Day on the Deck of the Yacht Constellation, 1924
62The Duchess of Portland, 1902
124The Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, 1925
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