Sargent Abroad: An Exhibition
November 7 – December 13, 1997
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Valley of Mar Seba, Palestine, 1905
Oil on canvas
27 ½ x 38 ½ inches
Private collection
Adelson Galleries is pleased to present Sargent Abroad: An Exhibition opening November 7 through December 13, 1997. The exhibition will provide the first serious examination of landscape and figure subjects painted by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) between 1900 and 1914 when Sargent, then an established painter known for his society portraits, traveled regularly throughout Europe. Adelson Galleries will be the only venue for this exceptional exhibition.
The exhibition will consist of more than 55 important oil and watercolor paintings, many of which are privately owned, including several from the Sargent family, that have never or rarely been seen by the public; others are on loan from museum collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Brooklyn Museum of Art. A catalogue of the exhibition is available with 20 color plates and a complete checklist with 58 entries. Also included in this exhibition will be a group of recently discovered watercolors by John Singer Sargent's sister, Emily Sargent. Emily was Sargent's traveling and painting companion, as well as a model for many of his works.
This exhibition coincides with the Abbeville Press publication of a book entitled Sargent Abroad: Figures and Landscapes, written by noted Sargent scholars: Warren Adelson, Donna Seldin Janis, Elaine Kilmurray, Richard Ormond, and Elizabeth Oustinoff.