Old Boston, new ways Nov 15, 2009
There is a wide array of newspapers and artwork, too, with paintings by Gilbert Stuart and John Singer Sargent and sculptures by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Houdon. The library had several quarters before moving to its current home in 1849 at 10 1/2 Beacon St., a neo-Palladian building overlooking the Old Granary Burying Grounds. (Boston Globe)
No minimum stay required to rest your eyes on these hotels’ fine art Nov 8, 2009
Especially intriguing is Carl Palazzolo s abstract take on John Singer Sargent s Three Sisters, displayed near the guest services desk. For a complete immersion, book either the Artist or New England suite, both decorated with original works such as Jasper Johns lithographs, Roy Lichtenstein china plates, and even a Campbell Soup paper dress by Warhol. (Boston Globe)
She wrote the book on Sargent’s ‘Daughter’ painting Oct 10, 2009
MICHELE MCDONALD FOR THE BOSTON GLOBEErica Hirshler in front of John Singer Sargent s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit at the Museum of Fine Arts ... John Singer Sargent s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is one of the most popular paintings in Boston s Museum of Fine Arts. (Boston Globe)
Real Live 'Wizard of Oz' In Kansas Sep 15, 2009
Jim currently has images being shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC in conjunction with the new Sargent and the Sea exhibit about artist John Singer Sargent. Or, as Nikon, the camera manufacturer who sponsors the artist, calls them, "atmospheric portraits.". (The Drudge Report)
‘View From the Terrace’ considers works of Charles Hopkinson Aug 23, 2009
In his day - the first half of the 20th century - Hopkinson was an important painter in these parts, hobnobbing with John Singer Sargent and Maurice Prendergast, among others. He was an avid, increasingly experimental technician and a sympathetic portraitist, but he didn t have Sargent s derring-do or Prendergast s talent for breaking scenes down into delicate patterns of color. (Boston Globe)
CHANGING LANES: Sharing the gift of art with your kids Aug 16, 2009
I would light myself on fire before I would attempt to bring my rising first- and second-grade sons somewhere like the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum (although I cannot recommend it heartily enough if you want to spend a quiet afternoon contemplating architecture and John Singer Sargent). What has worked for us has been to explore local galleries. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Sargent and The Sea Opens at Corcoran Gallery of Art Aug 6, 2009
Beginning September 12, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. will feature more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings depicting seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of the pre-eminent late 19th century American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). Photo credit: John Singer Sargent, En Route pour la peche (Setting Out to Fish), 1878, oil on canvas ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning September 12, the Corcoran Gallery of Art... (PR Newswire)
Democracy 2.0 Jul 25, 2009
"The 20th century was a catastrophe for fine art, and at the beginning of the 21st we live in a wasteland dominated by the most brutal form of commercialism, ephemeral fashion, and cynical abuse of talent." Today, painter Charles Cecil inculcates the techniques of the early 20th-century American painter John Singer Sargent, "the last of the great masters," in his "bold venture" teaching portrait painting. A slams Christopher Buckley's recently published about his parents and laments his frequent... (Slate)
Another Legal Round Lost On Painting's Ownership Jul 23, 2009
A man who has battled for years in court to get what he says is his fair share of the $6 million sale of a famous John Singer Sargent painting was dealt another blow Wednesday, this time by the state Appellate Court ... D'Amico, a self-taught art student, spent more than a dozen years trying to prove that his painting with the name "j.s. sargent" etched lightly on the back was a John Singer Sargent original. (FOX61, CT)
10 North Shore sights to target this summer Jul 12, 2009
Today The Sargent House Museum, a well-preserved example of Georgian architecture, its front door looming on a low hill above the main street, hosts exhibits of the city s history, as well as paintings by John Singer Sargent, a descendant of Murray. 49 Middle St., Gloucester, 978-281-2432. (Boston Globe)
Visions of Morocco and Tunisia Jul 12, 2009
Works by artists John Singer Sargent, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Henry Ossawa Tanner and August Macke took Orientalist inclinations to new levels ... And while artists John Singer Sargent, Willard Metcalf, Henry Ossawa Tanner and August Macke were by no means exclusively Orientalist painters, they all made trips to Morocco or Tunisia during their respective careers and were inspired to paint scenes of the region in their own unique ways ... John Singer Sargent s Smoke of Ambergris. (Suite101.com)
Big show-off May 27, 2009
You'll spot paintings by John Singleton Copley (portrait of Mrs. William Turner, 1767, below), Gilbert Stuart, John Singer Sargent, and Annibale Carracci. Sculpture is represented by Horatio Greenough, Thomas Crawford, and William Morris Hunt. (Boston Globe)
Asia exhibit stands out amid change at the Gardner Museum May 16, 2009
And Chong describes the ways in which Gardner's experience in Asia affected the famous portrait of her by John Singer Sargent. Almost a decade after beginning to collect European art in earnest, and in the three years prior to opening her museum, Gardner suddenly embarked upon a frenzy of buying Asian art. (Boston Globe)
A peak inside studios of famous artists Mar 7, 2009
There's a real art-historical charge in seeing John Singer Sargent sharing the same space with his once-notorious portrait, "Madame X." (That their profiles chime visually is a charming bonus. The baronial opulence of Sargent's studio seems positively low-rent compared to William Merritt Chase's. (Boston Globe)
Making symphony cut Mar 4, 2009
(It's probably Bundchen, but it looks more like a John Singer Sargent painting held under water. A better pic, taken after the couple's surprise ceremony last Thursday in Santa Monica, Calif. (Boston Globe)
Books, buildings, and beyond Mar 2, 2009
Paintings include those by John Singer Sargent that the artist called his "masterpieces." Mondays at 2:30 p.m. (Tues and Thurs at 6 p.m., Fri and Sat at 11 a.m.). Free. (Boston Globe)
'Lost' van Dyck gets public show Feb 17, 2009
The exhibition also includes portraits by later artists including Sir Joshua Reynolds and John Singer Sargent, to demonstrate van Dyck's huge influence over the centuries. In all, over 130 works are on display. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Rose Art Museum a reminder there are many hidden gems Feb 15, 2009
But many of the best art collections are tucked away in universities - at Williams College, for example, where you can find work by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper; and Tufts University, which has pieces by Henry Moore and John Singer Sargent; and Smith College, where you can see paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Seurat. The Davis Museum, at Wellesley College, is a beauty. (Boston Globe)
