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A detail from “Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola” by

Ramón's shoe is only hinted at, and yet the bits of reflection as well as the dashed off pattern of the carpet in the gondola suggest the luxury that Sargent was accustomed to.

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2019-02-04

Another detail of “Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola” by Some of the reflections in the water are beautiful thick dabs of paint.

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2019-02-04

Madame X and the power of the portrait...
Talking today

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2018-11-30

These two ladies may be the cover girls for the exhibition catalogue but I’m drawn to the courtesans’ faces on the Chinese vase: such brilliant economy of brushwork. 🖼: ‘Ena & Betty, Daughters of Mr. & Mrs. Wertheimer,’ 1901 , on loan from

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2018-11-16

Art Inspiration For Today: “An Out-of-Doors Study” by John Singer Sargent (American), 1889, oil on canvas, genre: American Impressionism, Neoclassicsm

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2018-07-22

"A Capriote" (1878) bears traces of his underdrawing and evidence of several changes in the model’s pose and in the arrangement of her skirt. These revisions suggest something of process as he developed the composition.

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2018-07-09