John Singer Sargent's Venice: on the canals.

The Magazine Antiques | November 1, 2006| | Copyright

Mary Newbold Singer Sargent (1826-1906) required that her young son John complete one drawing every day as he accompanied her on their morning outings. She and her husband, Fitzwilliam (1820-1889), had decided to homeschool their children, and, aside from the three Rs, Mary insisted that art training was essential, so it was only natural that John work with her while she recorded in watercolor the places they visited. "She ruled that no matter how many sketches were begun each day one must be finished," Sargent's cousin Mary Hale wrote in her memoir of the artist. (1) Mary ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Claude Debussy.(Claude Debussy. Nocturnes, Claude Debussy. Nocturnes: I. Nuages - II. Fetes - III. Sirenes, 1898 - 1899)(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes ; Claude Debussy. Nocturnes. Edition de Denis Herlin. (Euvres...15217. Fr 995.] Claude Debussy. Nocturnes: I. Nuages - II. Fetes - III. Sirenes...15235. Fr 199.] Claude Debussy's Nocturnes For orchestra (1898-99) are arguably...
Silhouette Launches Nocturne Bites.
PR Newswire ; ...s fiction, today launched Silhouette Nocturne Bites, romantically charged paranormal...readers expect from full-length Silhouette Nocturne novels. Regularly priced at $2.99 U.S., Nocturne Bites are being introduced at a special...
Nocturne-TM Computer Game to Feature Prominent Parental Advisory Label on Box.
Business Wire ; ...high-tension, 3D action/horror game Nocturne(TM) will feature a prominent parental...Suitable for mature audiences only." Nocturne will also contain a setting whereby adult...nudity and bloodshed can be turned off. Nocturne is both The Gathering's and Terminal...
Nocturne an Exotic Netherworld Where Fantasy and Reality Collide; Concept, Design, and Inspiration by Michael Ault.
Business Wire ; ...these times are upon us again with Nocturne, nightlife impresario Michael Ault...Studio 54, "the Bitch is Back!" With Nocturne (144 Bleecker Street), Ault heralds...once nightlife. As the name implies, Nocturne is more than a club, it is the celebration...
`NOCTURNE' TAKES COMPUTER GRAPHICS TO NEW LEVEL
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL) ; ...The payoff is pretty good. • Nocturne: Terminal Reality/Gathering of Developers...effects). www.terminalreality.com "Nocturne" carries a mature rating for graphic...breath visible in the chill night air, "Nocturne" delivers incredible graphics. They...
`NOCTURNE' TAKES PC GRAPHICS TO NEW LEVEL
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL) ; ...Reality. The payoff is pretty good. Nocturne: Terminal Reality/Gathering of Developers...effects). www.terminalreality.com "Nocturne" carries a mature rating for graphic...breath visible in the chill night air, "Nocturne" delivers incredible graphics. They...
`NOCTURNE' AVOIDS DREAMY IMAGES, FAVORS BIZARRE, SOBBING NIGHTMARE.(Entertainment)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ; ...The musical form ``nocturne'' was first used by...tradition. Its ``Nocturne,'' choreographed...visions. Torii's nocturnes are intended to move...while the musical nocturnes of Field, Chopin and...tone. Torii's ``Nocturne'' is carefully considered...
Dave Brubeck's Nocturnes
Magazine article from: Piano Today ; ...a group, however, the Nocturnes are unified by their illustration...Above all, Brubeck's Nocturnes come across as intensely...pieces that comprise the Nocturnes "cross over" to the classical...performance of a Chopin nocturne.
Nocturnes; Barcarolle; Fantaisie.
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound ; Chopin: Nocturnes; Barcarolle; Fantaisie...Chopin didn't invent the Nocturne, that's credited to...the nineteenth century. Nocturnes today are thought of as...because he continued writing Nocturnes all his short life, the...
Nocturnes.(Books)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ; ...Kazuo Ishiguro does in Nocturnes, his first book of...Compared to his novels, "Nocturnes" is light - but by...Crooner" and "Nocturne," capture the crassness...career also factors in "Nocturne," an alternately sad...evokes, Ishiguro's "Nocturnes" are deceptively simple...

Find more facts and information related to the article "John Singer Sargent's Venice: on the canals."