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"An Out-of-Doors Study," John Singer Sargent, 1889.

I've talked about Sargent before, so I won't go into detail except to reiterate that he was THE great society painter of the Edwardian era whose portraits were in demand.

Here we have a double portrait of his friend, painter Paul Helleu, and his wife Alice. Sargent was experimenting with this canvas, trying a different arrangement than his usual, and I think it's a lovely, intimate scene. Paul is busily at work on a new painting; Alice, though, looks disengaged and bored. I was inclined to draw conclusions about their marriage but some research indicates they had a strong and happy marriage, and she was quite a business partner for him.

Wouldn't it be nice to sit by a river and paint?

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Impressionism #JohnSingerSargent #PaulHelleu #PleinAir

"An Out-of-Doors Study," John Singer Sargent, 1889.

I've talked about Sargent before, so I won't go into detail except to reiterate that he was THE great society painter of the Edwardian era whose portraits were in demand.

Here we have a double portrait of his friend, painter Paul Helleu, and his wife Alice. Sargent was experimenting with this canvas, trying a different arrangement than his usual, and I think it's a lovely, intimate scene. Paul is busily at work on a new painting; Alice, though, looks disengaged and bored. I was inclined to draw conclusions about their marriage but some research indicates they had a strong and happy marriage, and she was quite a business partner for him.

Wouldn't it be nice to sit by a river and paint?

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Impressionism #JohnSingerSargent #PaulHelleu #PleinAir

"An Out-of-Doors Study," John Singer Sargent, 1889.

I've talked about Sargent before, so I won't go into detail except to reiterate that he was THE great society painter of the Edwardian era whose portraits were in demand.

Here we have a double portrait of his friend, painter Paul Helleu, and his wife Alice. Sargent was experimenting with this canvas, trying a different arrangement than his usual, and I think it's a lovely, intimate scene. Paul is busily at work on a new painting; Alice, though, looks disengaged and bored. I was inclined to draw conclusions about their marriage but some research indicates they had a strong and happy marriage, and she was quite a business partner for him.

Wouldn't it be nice to sit by a river and paint?

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Impressionism #JohnSingerSargent #PaulHelleu #PleinAir

"An Out-of-Doors Study," John Singer Sargent, 1889.

I've talked about Sargent before, so I won't go into detail except to reiterate that he was THE great society painter of the Edwardian era whose portraits were in demand.

Here we have a double portrait of his friend, painter Paul Helleu, and his wife Alice. Sargent was experimenting with this canvas, trying a different arrangement than his usual, and I think it's a lovely, intimate scene. Paul is busily at work on a new painting; Alice, though, looks disengaged and bored. I was inclined to draw conclusions about their marriage but some research indicates they had a strong and happy marriage, and she was quite a business partner for him.

Wouldn't it be nice to sit by a river and paint?

From the Brooklyn Museum.

#Art #Impressionism #JohnSingerSargent #PaulHelleu #PleinAir

‘La jolie modiste,’ portrait of Coco Chanel, by Paul César Helleu, 1912.

I love the looseness of the lines, the scribble of her surely very fancy blouse collar, the barely suggested pearls. It's all very surprisingly fresh and relaxed for someone who was to become a fashion icon. Lovely.

#fashion #art #CocoChanel #portrait #PaulHelleu #drawing #1912

‘La jolie modiste,’ portrait of Coco Chanel, by Paul César Helleu, 1912.

I love the looseness of the lines, the scribble of her surely very fancy blouse collar, the barely suggested pearls. It's all very surprisingly fresh and relaxed for someone who was to become a fashion icon. Lovely.

#fashion #art #CocoChanel #portrait #PaulHelleu #drawing #1912

‘La jolie modiste,’ portrait of Coco Chanel, by Paul César Helleu, 1912.

I love the looseness of the lines, the scribble of her surely very fancy blouse collar, the barely suggested pearls. It's all very surprisingly fresh and relaxed for someone who was to become a fashion icon. Lovely.

#fashion #art #CocoChanel #portrait #PaulHelleu #drawing #1912

‘La jolie modiste,’ portrait of Coco Chanel, by Paul César Helleu, 1912.

I love the looseness of the lines, the scribble of her surely very fancy blouse collar, the barely suggested pearls. It's all very surprisingly fresh and relaxed for someone who was to become a fashion icon. Lovely.

#fashion #art #CocoChanel #portrait #PaulHelleu #drawing #1912