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John Singer Sargent

Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes

I find this portrait so interesting, and because I have no idea what Jeri's granddaughter Sara looks like, this is how I picture her - spunky and cute, the outstanding one of that couple.

posted on July 22, 2011 1:06 PM ()

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This is definitely one of my favorite Sargent pieces.

comment by dragonflyby on July 23, 2011 12:07 PM ()

Coming across this brightened my day.

reply by troutbend on July 23, 2011 4:49 PM ()

The Sargent colors and rendering are lovely. I won't comment on the gender dynamics but I will say, for all his skill (or maybe it was deliberate) the female is grossly out of proportion. He gave her a pinhead. Check it out.

comment by tealstar on July 23, 2011 5:29 AM ()

I think it's the clothes - the style of the day was to have all that volume, so maybe the pinhead look was in fashion? She does appear to have a very long neck.

reply by troutbend on July 23, 2011 4:46 PM ()

The striking features of his subjects amazes me. JSS was one of the painters I admired from day one in college. Notice his treatment of the husband, standing in the shadows behind the woman, his face partially obscured and with a strong and willful stance, feet apart, arms folded.

comment by jondude on July 22, 2011 6:39 PM ()

Yes, and notice his treatment of the woman -- a tiny, tiny head on the body of an Olympic swimmer. What's up with that. Did he do it on purpose? His technique, of course, is fabulous, but perhaps he didn't like women.

reply by tealstar on July 23, 2011 5:30 AM ()

Hard to believe someone with what looks like her spirit would be saddled with such a snot as her husband looks to be. I wonder what he thought about this when it was finished. He looks kind of like one of my college boyfriends, and he would have posed with this scowl and then laughed about it later.

reply by troutbend on July 22, 2011 6:51 PM ()

I love his beautiful women.

comment by elderjane on July 22, 2011 4:21 PM ()

This one is so striking, and it's more than an external beauty, we get a sense of her personality.

reply by troutbend on July 22, 2011 6:52 PM ()

comment by marta on July 22, 2011 2:57 PM ()

If you asked me outright what kind of art I like, I'd probably give an evasive answer, but like that old cliche, I know what I like when I see it.

reply by troutbend on July 22, 2011 6:54 PM ()

Not a Sargent fan but do admire what he has done--if that makes sense.

comment by greatmartin on July 22, 2011 2:40 PM ()

I haven't seen all that much of his work. This came in an email today, and I liked the look on that girl's face.

reply by troutbend on July 22, 2011 2:56 PM ()

One of our favorites artist.We saw an exhibition a while back.
Loved this.

comment by fredo on July 22, 2011 1:58 PM ()

I'm going to have to look up more of his work on the Internet.

reply by troutbend on July 22, 2011 2:57 PM ()

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