A
Capriote
John Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1878
Museum of
Fine Arts,
Boston
Oil on canvas
76.83 x
63.18 cm (30 1/4 x 24 7/8 in)
Bequest of Helen Swift Neilson
46.10.
Jpg: mfa
Sargent painted this one
and two
copies which are both in private collections. This painting (which is
now
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) was exhibited at the Society of
American
Artists in New York in March of 1879. A second version (Thumbnail) was
exhibited at the Salon that same year.
Capri
Girl (Dans Les Olivier)
1878-1879?
New York loved it:
Mediterranean
idyll . .
. [its] delightful coolness, exquisite delicacy and bright effect of
light
. . .mark its author as an artist of such freshness and originality
that
we feel justified in basing great hopes upon his future work.
(Daily Graphic, 8 March
1879, p.
58)
Paris hated it, thought it
odd
and lampooned
it with a Caricature.
Notes
Provenance:
The artist; Daniel
Cottier, 1879; Ichabod Williams, 1879; with Knoedler Galleries, New
York, 1915; with E.M. Anderson Collection Sale, New York, February 16,
1922, no. 6; with Scott and Fowles, New York; to Mrs. Francis (Helen
Swift) Neilson, New York, 1922-1946; to MFA, 1946, gift of Helen Swift
Neilson.
Exhibitions
Sargent
in Italy, 2002-2003
The image comes to me by way
of Julia
Thurston, who writes:
| Dear
Natasha,
The only
painting I couldn't
find that I have always really liked is "Capri." In it there is a young
woman leaning against a curving tree trunk. . .
Last night
I was looking
around for "Capri" on the web, and I found it . . . . I originally saw
it at the Sargent exhibition at The National Gallery of Art, which was
incredible and has made him one of my favorite artists since. This
picture
of it doesn't do it justice of course but at least you could see which
painting I was talking about! Thanks,
Julia
|
Thank you Julia. The name is
actually A Capriote, I
love it
when I hear from people that have found other paintings of Sargent.
|
