Monday Morning Museum: John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent – Saturday 12 January 1856 Florence, Italy to Tuesday 14 April 1925 London, England

American Portrait Painter


I have always admired this painting – Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888 – ever since the first time I saw it at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during my freshman year of college. I like its simplicity and the recurring motif of the neckline’s shape in the pearls around Isabella’s waist and the clasping of her hands. The Italian-inspired museum is absolutely wonderful and visually stunning from the central courtyard to the variety of artwork on all three floors.




Last Monday’s Artist – Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky
Next Monday’s Artist – Jacob van Strij

Images:
Left: The Chess Game, circa 1907 from the website artrenewal.org
Center: Thistle, circa 1870-1872 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: A Study of Architecture, Florence, circa 1910 from the website artrenewal.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent